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 June 23, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Southern Illinois Hospital Services, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 23, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14151, row:5290)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Southern Illinois Hospital Services, reported that its business associate misdirected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 613 individuals to the wrong medical facilities. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, addresses, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. Complimentary identity protection services were provided to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect ePHI.