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 April 13, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Suburban Lung Associates, IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 13, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14822, row:5961)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Suburban Lung Associates, reported that its business associate (BA) left medical records unattended which affected 2,984 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted.