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. 1, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- The Neurology Foundation, Inc., RI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer, Electronic Medical Record, Network Server, Other Portable Electronic Device, Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 1, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14079, row:5218)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity, The Neurology Foundation, reported that an employee impermissibly transferred files from his work computer to his personal electronic devices. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 12,861 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, health insurance and financial information, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and retrained its employees.