MICHIGANPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Henry Ford Health System

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Oct 23, 2014

Filed

Jan 9, 2015

To disclose

11 weeks

Affected

2,336

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Henry Ford Health System →10 incidents on file

Henry Ford Health System (MI) reported to HHS OCR on 2015-01-09 a Loss breach affecting 2,336 individuals. On October 23, 2014, a physician lost a personal (non-employer-issued) USB flash drive containing PHI — clinical and demographic information — in violation of CE policy requiring employer-issued encrypted flash drives. The CE sanctioned the employee, notified affected individuals and media, and provided OCR with written assurances of corrective actions including an enhanced asset management program and enterprise data mapping. Breached information was located on a portable electronic device.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified11 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 11 weeks / 78 days

Oct 23, 2014

Begins

Oct 23, 2014

Discovered

Jan 9, 2015

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,336 affectedView incident

Name: Henry Ford Health System
norm: henry ford health system
Domain: henryford.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Henry Ford Health System
norm: henry ford health system
Domain: henryford.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Oct 23, 2014
Breach occurred: Oct 23, 2014
Undetected for: 0 daysoccurrence → discovery
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,336nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: OtherPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR investigation consolidated with existing CE investigationOCR provided technical assistance on Security Rule Risk Analysis requirementsOCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action implementation

During the incident: Breach notification sent to affected individuals, media, and HHS
Employee involved in breach was sanctioned
Committed to creating more robust asset management program within 6–8 months
Committed to completing enterprise data mapping and asset inventory by December 31, 2017
Committed to submitting executed BAA to OCR upon signing MSA and SOW for data mapping services
Changes made: Corrective action steps implemented per OCR assurances
Enhanced asset management program planned
Enterprise data mapping and inventory underway
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 11 weeks(78 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Oct 23, 2014
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Oct 23, 2014 → 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 9, 2015
Raw hash: d0f288f89814985987e361bc38c78593a99ddb641a8098ff7b9828e8e7cae93b

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Reporting entityHenry Ford Health System

Victim entityHenry Ford Health System

Incidentdiscovered Oct 23, 2014

Stated responseBreach notification sent to affected individuals, media, and HHS

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing