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Florida Digestive Health Specialists

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Florida Digestive Health Specialists (FL) reported to HHS on 2013-12-09 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 4,400 individuals. A patient scheduler impermissibly accessed the EHR system via VPN, photographed patient records (names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, phone numbers), and attempted to print them at Wal-Mart. The County Sheriff investigated; the insider was terminated. CE updated policies, restricted VPN access, instituted weekly EHR audits, and retrained staff. OCR provided technical assistance on breach notification requirements. Breached information located on Desktop Computer.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed4,400 affectedView incident

Source provenance

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Dec 9, 2013
Raw hash: a83ac3ffe2b8042d42044f4d40da835af6fa0d60ab644ef4c4ed357401f447f1

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Florida Digestive Health Specialists
norm: florida digestive health specialists
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Florida Digestive Health Specialists
norm: florida digestive health specialists
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 4,400
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICIDENTITY_GOVERNMENTHEALTH_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid AccountsT1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation initiatedCE received technical assistance on complete breach notification requirements from OCRCounty Sheriff investigated suspect behavior at Wal-Mart
Initial access: valid_credentials

Compliance

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.