CALIFORNIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved

DIGNITY HEALTH

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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.

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.

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bd_4702f77eeeb9ec81Montana State AGfiled 2018-06-13(13d gap)Verified

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: May 31, 2018
Raw hash: 5f50075f2ca6f58e966721ee67e33d0de2cccd633bfea83aac250bfb8efa80dd

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 55,947
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1566 Phishing
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances of voluntary corrective actions

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.