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 April 5, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- April 5, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13471, row:4610)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital, reported that an employee emailed protected health information to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 836 individuals. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of this breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards and retrained employees on patient privacy and the proper procedures for communicating with individuals electronically. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.