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 May 2, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Shelby Dermatology d.b.a Dermatologists of Birmingham, AL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- May 2, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9322, row:461)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Shelby Dermatology d.b.a. Dermatologists of Birmingham, reported suspicious activity within its network environment that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 86,414 individuals. The PHI involved included demographic and clinical information. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services to the affected individuals and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect PHI.