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 Feb. 27, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Vail Clinic, Inc. dba Vail Health Hospital, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- Feb. 27, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12980, row:4119)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Vail Clinic, Inc., dba Vail Health Hospital, reported that a workforce member impermissibly acquired and retained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 710 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security numbers, and diagnoses/conditions. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, and retrained its staff. The responsible employee was also sanctioned. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE.