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 Dec. 23, 2025.
- Organization as reported
- York Hospital, ME
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Dec. 23, 2025
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 9061, row:200)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), York Hospital, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,259 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect PHI.