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 11, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- The MetroHealth System, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Email, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- April 11, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11534, row:2673)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The MetroHealth System, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its vendor included the protected health information (PHI) of 1,748 individuals in mailings to other individuals who requested their medical records. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE and its vendor implemented additional administrative safeguards to protect sensitive data.