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Presbyterian Medical Services
ArchivedSubmitted 04/21/2021
Updated 12 hours ago ()
- State
- NM
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 536
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Loss
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Presbyterian Medical Services, reported that a box containing medical information was damaged while in transit via the United States Postal Service (USPS). This breach affected the protected health information (PHI) of 536 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE trained its workforce members on securing packages for mailing in order to safeguard documents containing PHI and implemented new software to deliver documents electronically.
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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