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 Sept. 28, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- University of Michigan/Michigan Medicine, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 28, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13680, row:4819)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Michigan Medicine, reported that its business associate (BA) University Lithoprinters, Inc., inadvertently mailed protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 3,624 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the BA implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the BA implemented the corrective actions noted above.