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 Jan. 10, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- Summa Health, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Jan. 10, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9487, row:626)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Summa Health, reported that a workforce member impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 874 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned the workforce member and implemented additional administrative safeguards.