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 May 28, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- The Smith Institute for Urology, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- May 28, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9292, row:431)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The Smith Institute for Urology OCR Transaction Number: 25-623695 The Smith Institute for Urology, a covered entity (CE), reported that it experienced a data breach affecting the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,263 individuals. The ePHI involved included clinical, demographical and other treatment information. The CE provided evidence of it notified individuals, the media, and HHS. In response to the breach, the CE implemented several corrective actions, terminating the employee responsible for unauthorized access, contracting with a monitoring service, and retraining its employees.