- State
- VA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 696
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Sentara Health, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 696 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS and the affected individuals. The CE also took corrective actions in response to the breach, implementing additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.