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 April 15, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Vail Clinic, Inc. dba Vail Valley Medical Center, and dba Howard Head Sports Medicine, CO
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- April 15, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14555, row:5694)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Vail Clinic, Inc., dba Vail Valley Medical Center and dba Howard Head Sports Medicine, reported that a workforce member impermissibly acquired and retained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 3,118 individuals. The ePHI involved included names 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.