HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of July 7, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Triangle Women's Center, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 7, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12028, row:3167)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Triangle Women’s Center, reported that an employee inadvertently sent an email containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 978 individuals to an unauthorized individual. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, telephone numbers, and billing information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its workforce. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.