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. 19, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Western Connecticut Health Network, CT
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Aug. 19, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13256, row:4395)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Western Connecticut Health Network (WCHN), the covered entity (CE), discovered that a box containing protected health information (PHI) was damaged during shipping. Some of the contents of the box were either damaged or are missing. This incident affected 1,293 individuals and the PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and treatment information. OCR reviewed the covered entity’s policies and procedures which conform to the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The covered entity notified OCR, the media, and all affected individuals. As a result of this breach, the covered entity is proceeding to phase in the use of electronic transmission of PHI in a secure format.