GEORGIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

St. Francis Hospital, Inc.

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 9, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

1,175

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for St. Francis Hospital, Inc. →2 incidents on file

On May 30, 2014, a staff member at St. Francis Hospital sent an email to approximately 1,175 patients that erroneously permitted them to see the email addresses of all recipients. The hospital investigated the incident, replaced its IT department leadership and security officer, retrained the workforce, and began upgrading its equipment to prevent future incidents. OCR provided technical assistance.

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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

May 30, 2014

Begins

Jun 9, 2014

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,175 affectedView incident

Name: St. Francis Hospital, Inc.
norm: st francis hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: St. Francis Hospital, Inc.
norm: st francis hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: May 30, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,175nationwide
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
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance

During the incident: Investigated the incident
Counseled the employee involved
Changes made: Replaced its information technology department leadership and its security officer
Updated its HIPAA policies and trained the entire workforce on its updated policies
Began upgrading its equipment to better prevent security incidents
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: Jun 9, 2014
Raw hash: e6eb376ad9884144c8662677d291165ef0d6c05adaf2b5cf6098973c82c6aada

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Reporting entitySt. Francis Hospital, Inc.

Victim entitySt. Francis Hospital, Inc.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseInvestigated the incident

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing