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 June 8, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Southern Ohio Medical Center, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 8, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11396, row:2535)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Southern Ohio Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack affecting 1,333 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary identity and credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. Staff were retrained.