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Breach notice filed by Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital (June 2017)

Organization named: Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Improper Disposal

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 June 22, 2017.

Organization as reported
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, TN
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Improper Disposal
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
June 22, 2017
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14154, row:5293)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital, reported that protected health information (PHI) was impermissibly disclosed when it was scattered alongside a road for four miles. The PHI included the names, dates of birth, claims information, and health diagnoses and conditions of 837 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE conducted an internal investigation and transferred all of its offsite storage units containing PHI to a new storage and disposal vendor with improved safeguards. In addition, the CE retrained its workforce, including its management. OCR obtained documentation that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,837 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date June 22, 2017, 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 14154)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital 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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