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 Nov. 5, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- University of North Carolina Health, NC
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Nov. 5, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11802, row:2941)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), University of North Carolina Health reported that its business associate (BA) discovered that employees impermissibly accessed the protected health information (PHI) of 946 individuals. The PHI involved included the names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE changed its computer system security settings to better protect its PHI and implemented additional technical safeguards and provided training to its employees.