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Breach notice filed by SSM Health Cancer Care (October 2015)

Organization named: SSM Health Cancer Care Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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. 9, 2015.

Organization as reported
SSM Health Cancer Care, MO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Oct. 9, 2015
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14692, row:5831)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), SSM Health Cancer Care, erroneously mailed letters to the addresses of other patients due to using an inaccurate electronic file. The breach affected 670 individuals and included individuals’ names and their inferred treatment relationship. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE performed a root cause analysis to identify risk areas and opportunities to strengthen controls and also retrained the individual who had erroneously sent out the mailings. The CE also created a new policy and procedures for patient mailings. OCR obtained documentation evidencing that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 643 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Oct. 9, 2015, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14692)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • SSM Health Cancer Care Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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