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 March 21, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Yardley Dermatology Associates, PC, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- March 21, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10848, row:1987)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Yardley Dermatology Associates, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed a spreadsheet containing the protected health information (PHI) of 523 individuals to four patients. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, medications, email addresses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE during this investigation.