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 June 9, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Yuma Regional Medical Center, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Hacking/IT Incident
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- June 9, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11391, row:2530)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Yuma Regional Medical Center, reported that it experienced a ransomware attack that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 738,145 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, medications, lab results, diagnoses, and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect PHI.