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 July 22, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- West Holt Memorial Hospital, NE
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- July 22, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11989, row:3128)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), West Holt Memorial Hospital, reported that an employee was the victim of an email phishing scheme that compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 541 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.