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 Feb. 20, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Rutland Hospital, Inc. d/b/a/ Rutland Regional Medical Center, VT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Feb. 20, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13523, row:4662)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Rutland Regional Medical Center, reported that multiple employees were the victims of an email phishing attack that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 72,224 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, financial and health insurance information, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI and retrained its staff.