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 26, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- UHHS Samaritan 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 26, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12943, row:4082)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), UHHS Samaritan Medical Center, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,520 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, drivers’ license numbers, diagnoses, lab results, and medications. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and implemented additional technical safeguards.