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Breach notice filed by Rush University Medical Center (November 2015)

Organization named: Rush University Medical Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Nov. 6, 2015.

Organization as reported
Rush University Medical Center, IL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Nov. 6, 2015
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14675, row:5814)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On September 9, 2015, a business associate (BA), Standard Register, erroneously mailed announcements concerning a retirement for the covered entity (CE), Rush University Medical Center, which resulted in misdirected letters being sent to the wrong patients associated with the clinic. The breach affected 1,529 individuals and included patients’ names. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals, and provided substitute notice on its website. The CE also entered into a BA agreement with Standard Register and created policies and procedures to establish quality measures for mass mailings. OCR obtained documentation confirming that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,529 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 6, 2015, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14675)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Rush University Medical Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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