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 27, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Shoreline Eye Group, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- May 27, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11420, row:2559)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Shoreline Eye Group, reported that its business associate (BA) was the victim of a breach affecting the protected health information (PHI) of 57,047 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and diagnoses and conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA implemented additional technical safeguards to better protect PHI.