HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Sept. 3, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Sentara Health, VA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 3, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9174, row:313)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Sentara Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 696 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. The CE also took corrective actions in response to the breach, implementing additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.