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 March 2, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- VisionQuest Eyecare, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 2, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14253, row:5392)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), VisionQuest Eyecare, reported that that it experienced a cyber-attack that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 85,995 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.