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 March 28, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Sentara Health, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- March 28, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9378, row:517)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Sentara Health, the covered entity (CE) reported that the protected health information (PHI) of 1,620 patients may have been accessed by an unauthorized individual impersonating an employee. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, impacted individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.