FLORIDAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryBusiness Associate (HIPAA)Customer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDMediumContained

Sacred Heart Health System, Inc

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

Feb 16, 2016

Filed

Apr 12, 2016

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

532

Confidence

67%

Full breach record for Sacred Heart Health System, Inc →2 incidents on file

Sacred Heart Health System, Inc reported to HHS on 2016-04-12 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 532 individuals. Breached information located on Other. The American College of Cardiology Foundation, a business associate, inadvertently transferred PHI to a testing environment accessible to vendors.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 56 days

Feb 16, 2016

Discovered

Apr 12, 2016

Filed

vs. sector median

3 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed532 affectedView incident

Name: Sacred Heart Health System, Inc
norm: sacred heart health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Sacred Heart Health System, Inc
norm: sacred heart health system
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Feb 16, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 532nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare providerBusiness associate involved
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage Object
Threat actor: Partner
Regulator citations: The CE provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained assurances that the CE and BA implemented the corrective actions listed above
Third party: via American College of Cardiology Foundationbusiness associate

During the incident: The CE immediately terminated access to the database containing the PHI
Obtained assurances from the vendors and software developer that the PHI had not been retained, or made accessible to any other unauthorized individuals
The CE reviewed its policies and procedures, retrained its staff
The BA revised its policies and procedures for transferring data and added additional safeguard controls to ensure the security of PHI
The CE provided breach notification to HHS, to the affected individuals, to the media, and posted a notice on its website
Changes made: The CE reviewed its policies and procedures, retrained its staff
The BA revised its policies and procedures for transferring data and added additional safeguard controls to ensure the security of PHI
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(56 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 16, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Feb 16, 2016
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 16, 2016 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Feb 16, 2016 → 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: Apr 12, 2016
Raw hash: daa9d5ac7bf8e16becfaa49c9e31b458a640ce3e948a6f31211339d0577f7c2b

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Reporting entitySacred Heart Health System, Inc

Victim entitySacred Heart Health System, Inc

Incidentdiscovered Feb 16, 2016

Stated responseThe CE immediately terminated access to the database containing the PHI

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing