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 June 1, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- University of Kansas Health System - Great Bend Campus, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Improper Disposal
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- June 1, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11412, row:2551)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), University of Kansas Health System – Great Bend Campus, reported that the protected health information (PHI) of 926 individuals was impermissibly discarded outside of its facility. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, phone numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its workforce regarding safeguarding PHI, revised its policies and procedures, and implemented additional technical safeguards.