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 March 9, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- St. Louis Children's Hospital, MO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 9, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14246, row:5385)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
St. Louis Children’s Hospital, the covered entity (CE), reported that employees emailed protected health information (PHI) in an unsecure manner. This breach affected 643 individuals and the PHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, dates of birth, Medicaid numbers, medications prescribed, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and established a call center for all individuals affected. As a result of the breach, St. Louis Children’s Hospital implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff on the HIPAA Rules and the methods for using secure email communications. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.