DisclosureLens
AccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPIIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Providence St. Patrick Hospital

bd_0481981709b0b5ab · schema v1 · pii pii-v1

Severity

Low

Discovered

Nov 17, 2021

Filed

Nov 19, 2021

To disclose

2 days

Affected

1state residents only

Confidence

65%
Full breach record for Providence St. Patrick Hospital →4 incidents on file

Providence St. Patrick Hospital in Missoula, MT, notified patients on Nov 18, 2021, of a misdelivery incident on Nov 14, 2021. A caregiver sent paperwork containing patient PII (name, DOB, medical record number, account number, date of service) to another patient. The recipient destroyed the paperwork. No SSN or financial data was involved. The incident was reported by the recipient patient.

Incident timeline

undetected · 3 days
discovery → filing · 2 days

Nov 14, 2021

Begins

Nov 17, 2021

Discovered

Nov 19, 2021

Filed

vs. sector median

11 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1 affectedView incident

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.