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 Oct. 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Springfield Clinic, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Oct. 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11126, row:2265)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Springfield Clinic, reported that it misplaced a USB flash drive containing the protected health information (PHI) of 802 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and addresses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained workforce members to better protect and secure PHI.