- State
- MN
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,900
- 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 26, 2026
OCR description
Minnesota Women’s Care, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee accidentally emailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,900 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names only. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative policies and procedures 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.