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 Jan. 13, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- Southwest General Health Center, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unknown
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- Jan. 13, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15206, row:6345)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE) misplaced a binder containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 953 individuals from its Maternity Unit. The PHI involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers and limited clinical information. The CE provided breach notification to affected individuals, HHS, and the media. To prevent a similar breach from occurring in the future, the covered entity strengthened its physical safeguards and retrained employees on safeguarding PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the corrective actions listed above were completed.