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. 21, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- UW Medicine, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Sept. 21, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11191, row:2330)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
UW Medicine, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,804 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, claims and financial information, medical record numbers, and treatment information. The CE and BA notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.