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 Sept. 15, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Temple University Health System,Inc., PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 15, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10464, row:1603)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Temple University Health System, reported that a software application used by its business associate (BA) exposed the protected health information (PHI) of 431,563 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, diagnoses, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and the CE and BA implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.