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 Aug. 10, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Wells Pharmacy Network, FL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Email, Laptop, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Aug. 10, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13724, row:4863)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On August 10, 2018, the covered entity (CE), Wells Pharmacy Network, submitted a breach report that identified several security concerns and a possible IT security incident. In response to OCR’s investigation, the CE investigated and determined that the alleged incident was a temporary decrease in server speed due to an incorrectly scheduled data transfer between the CE’s operating system and its sales management platform and there no evidence of a breach. However, in response to the IT manager’s concerns and OCR’s investigation, the CE migrated to software that allowed for encryption of electronic communications, developed and implemented new privacy and security policies and procedures, and updated its HIPAA training program. OCR provided technical assistance related to the Security Rule requirement for risk analyses and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the voluntary corrective actions listed above.