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St.Vincent Hospital and Health Care Center, Inc.
ArchivedSubmitted 02/27/2015
Updated 18 hours ago ()
- State
- IN
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 63,325
- 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
The covered entity (CE), St. Vincent Health, mismailed letters about a closed practice, affecting approximately 63,325 individuals. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included patients' names, addresses and, in some cases, information regarding upcoming appointments. Following the breach, the CE executed a business associate agreement with a new vender for its marketing and mailing initiatives and utilized new software for its marketing initiatives to provide additional accountability and controls. Additionally, the CE added more verification steps to its mailing process. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
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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