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Breach notice filed by St. John's Mercy Medical Group (August 2010)

Organization named: St. John's Mercy Medical Group Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Improper Disposal

What the sources say

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 Aug. 9, 2010.

Organization as reported
St. John's Mercy Medical Group, MO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Improper Disposal
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Aug. 9, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15996, row:7135)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Covered entity improperly disposed of patients' Protected Health Information (PHI), by placing the PHI in a dumpster outside of a doctor's office. The PHI involved in the breach included demographic, financial, clinical, and other medical information. Following the breach, the covered entity notified all affected individuals of the breach, posted a notice about the incident on its website; attempted to retrieve and track all of the medical records that were inappropriately disposed of; offered all affected individuals identity theft protection; obtained a formal apology from and assumed direct office operations management of the physician involved; re-educated its workforce to reinforce policies relating to appropriate medical record protection and disposal requirements. \

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,907 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Aug. 9, 2010, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15996)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • St. John's Mercy Medical Group 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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