OKLAHOMAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Muskogee Regional Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 20, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

844

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Muskogee Regional Medical Center →

Muskogee Regional Medical Center reported to HHS on 2012-01-20 a Loss affecting 844 individuals. The breach, which occurred around December 5, 2011, involved a binder containing patient flu test results that went missing from the lab. Information in the binder included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, and test results. In response, the center retrained its lab staff and transitioned to storing similar records electronically.

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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

Dec 5, 2011

Begins

Jan 20, 2012

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed844 affectedView incident

Name: Muskogee Regional Medical Center
norm: muskogee regional medical center
Industry: Insurance — Health

Name: Muskogee Regional Medical Center
norm: muskogee regional medical center
Industry: Insurance — Health
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Dec 5, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 844nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Health plan
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the corrective actions listed above were completed.Notified HHS

Changes made: Retrained laboratory workforce members regarding proper handling and disposal procedures for PHI.
Determined to eliminate such paper records and to store future similar records electronically.
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.

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: Jan 20, 2012
Raw hash: 62c59b5343b445463033258295087eba07df693f5db816afd7d8fae384662161

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Reporting entityMuskogee Regional Medical Center

Victim entityMuskogee Regional Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseRetrained laboratory workforce members regarding proper handling and disposal procedures for PHI.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing