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Summit Behavioral Healthcare

ArchivedSubmitted 02/26/2021

Updated 19 hours ago ()

State
TN
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
70,822
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of breached information
Email
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Sep 23, 2026
Last seen in OCR export
Oct 28, 2026

OCR description

The covered entity (CE), Summit Behavioral Healthcare, reported that an employee impermissibly emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 70,822 individuals to his personal email account. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI.

Change history

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.

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