NEW YORKAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedEmployee Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Dent Neurologic Institute

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

May 14, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

10,000

Confidence

96%

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Dent Neurologic Institute (operating as Dent Neurologic Group, LLP) reported to HHS on 2013-05-14 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 10,000 individuals. A workforce member erroneously sent an unencrypted email containing a spreadsheet with 10,202 patients' PHI (names, addresses, patient status, appointment dates, scheduling codes, physicians' names) to the wrong patients. Breached information located on Email. OCR investigated; the CE remediated via email encryption, policy updates, staff retraining, Windows XP remediation, and an updated risk analysis.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

May 14, 2013

Filed

—

No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed10,000 affectedView incident

Name: Dent Neurologic Institute
norm: dent neurologic institute
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Dent Neurologic Institute
norm: dent neurologic institute
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 10,000nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1048 Exfiltration Over Alternative Protocol
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) investigation and technical assistance
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Implemented email security appliance encrypting outbound emails and filtering for malware, viruses, and spam
Updated email encryption policy and procedure
Implemented policy and procedure for encryption and password protection of electronic documents
Updated training program for handling emails
Sanctioned, counseled, and retrained the responsible workforce member
Remediated Windows XP devices
Updated risk analysis to incorporate physical safeguards, penetration testing, and a Security Risk Assessment Report
Changes made: Email security appliance deployment
Updated encryption policies
Workforce retraining and sanctions
Windows XP remediation
Updated risk analysis and Security Risk Assessment Report
Risk management plan and risk mitigation activities to be implemented
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: May 14, 2013
Raw hash: 4a107c72c3f24cf5e3b9c7798c31662ccc5b8977d3e13f396c1ac58ad6e678d6

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Reporting entityDent Neurologic Institute

Victim entityDent Neurologic Institute

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing