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Breach notice filed by UHHS Geauga Medical Center (March 2016)

Organization named: UHHS Geauga Medical Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

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 March 10, 2016.

Organization as reported
UHHS Geauga Medical Center, OH
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Electronic Medical Record
Submission date
March 10, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14590, row:5729)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

UHHS Geauga Medical Center (Geauga), the covered entity, discovered that an employee had impermissibly accessed the medical records of 677 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, dates of birth, clinical information, diagnosis/conditions, and medications prescribed. Geauga notified all affected individuals and media outlets. As a result of this incident, the employee was terminated and the incident was reported to the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, Ohio Board of Nursing, and local law enforcement. OCR was provided documentation of these corrective actions.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 677 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 10, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14590)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • UHHS Geauga Medical Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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