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Breach notice filed by VA Caribbean Healthcare System (May 2011)

Organization named: VA Caribbean Healthcare System Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of May 26, 2011.

Organization as reported
VA Caribbean Healthcare System, PR
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
May 26, 2011
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15841, row:6980)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An employee of the covered entity (CE), VA Caribbean Healthcare System, left documents containing the protected health information (PHI) of 6,006 individuals in an unsecure bag at a nursing station. The PHI included names, social security numbers, patient care assignments, patient counts and patient census lists. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE secured the PHI and provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE disciplined and retrained the employee and implemented a procedure that nursing leadership is required to conduct rounds on wards once vacated. The CE also retrained all staff on its privacy and security policies and procedures.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 6,006 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date May 26, 2011, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15841)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • VA Caribbean Healthcare System Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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