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 Nov. 14, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- Nov. 14, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11051, row:2190)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Yakima Neighborhood Health Services, reported that a workforce member inadvertently sent the protected health information (PHI) of 2,689 individuals to the wrong recipient. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, other identifiers, and treatment related information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In response to the breach, the CE provided additional privacy and security training to its workforce members, implemented additional technical safeguards, and revised its policies and procedures.