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AMITA Health Medical Group Primary Care- Hoffman Estates
ArchivedSubmitted 11/30/2021
Updated 15 hours ago ()
- State
- IL
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,647
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), AMITA Health Medical Group, reported that an employee transmitted a mass email to patients without utilizing the blind carbon copy function. This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,647 individuals. The PHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE sanctioned and retrained the responsible employees.
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.