CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

DIGNITY HEALTH

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 31, 2018

To disclose

—

Affected

55,947

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

95%

Full breach record for DIGNITY HEALTH →

During a mass emailing in April 2018, Dignity Health (CA) used an email list incorrectly formatted by its business associate, causing 55,947 individuals to receive an email intended for another individual. Exposed PHI included first name, last name, and physician name. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances of voluntary corrective actions: elimination of personalized greetings in mass communications, updated email policies, and a designated approver for all mass communication projects. Breach submitted to HHS on 2018-05-31. Breached information located on Email.

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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.

Incident timeline

Apr 1, 2018

Begins

May 31, 2018

Filed

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Montana State AGbd_4702f77eeeb9ec812018-06-13 · +13dVerified

Name: DIGNITY HEALTH
norm: dignity health
Domain: dignityhealth.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: DIGNITY HEALTH
norm: dignity health
Domain: dignityhealth.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Apr 1, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 55,947nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances of voluntary corrective actions

During the incident: Eliminated use of personalized greetings in mass patient communications
Updated policies and procedures related to email communications
Designated one individual to review and approve all mass communication projects prior to transmittal
Changes made: Policy and procedure update for email communications
Centralized review/approval process for mass communications
Removed personalized greetings from mass patient email blasts
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

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

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Filing propagation · 2 filings · 2 states

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HHS OCRMay 31 · first · this page

Montana State AG+13d

Pattern: first filing May 31 (CA), last Jun 13 (MT) — a 13-day rolling notification. Rolling spreads often mean counsel is filing as thresholds trip per state. Why this link?

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.

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: May 31, 2018
Raw hash: 5f50075f2ca6f58e966721ee67e33d0de2cccd633bfea83aac250bfb8efa80dd

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityDIGNITY HEALTH

Victim entityDIGNITY HEALTH

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEliminated use of personalized greetings in mass patient communications

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing