- State
- MA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 526
- 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
NeighborHealth, the covered entity (CE), reported that, due to an error on its part, its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 526 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved were names only. The CE notified HHS, the media and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its staff and implemented additional administrative safeguards.
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
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