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 Dec. 30, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services, NH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- Dec. 30, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14311, row:5450)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), State of New Hampshire, Department of Health and Human Services, reported that a former patient accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 14,947 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, e-mail addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented and updated its policies and procedures to better protect its ePHI..