TEXASAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)LowResolved

Elizabeth Kerner, M.D.

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 3, 2015

To disclose

—

Affected

873

Confidence

98%

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Elizabeth Kerner, M.D. (TX) reported to HHS on 2015-04-03 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 873 individuals. A staff member accidentally sent an email containing patients' names and email addresses to an unintended recipient (a web designer). The recipient notified the CE. PHI involved: names and email addresses. Breached information located in Email. The CE implemented an encryption policy, re-trained staff, and OCR confirmed Security Rule compliance.

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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

Apr 3, 2015

Filed

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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.Confirmed873 affectedView incident

Name: Elizabeth Kerner, M.D.
norm: elizabeth kerner md
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Elizabeth Kerner, M.D.
norm: elizabeth kerner md
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 873nationwide
Data types: Identity (basic)Health (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: HHS OCR — Security Rule compliance review; OCR determined encryption policy complied with the Security Rule

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Intended recipient (web designer) changed his email address
CE implemented an encryption policy
CE re-trained workforce members
CE provided OCR with a copy of its encryption policy
Changes made: Encryption policy implemented
Workforce re-training conducted
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: Apr 3, 2015
Raw hash: 2e0f5ead8e57eda8550a7456bbca4b40a32795f802df0fa8a91054bbe05130f0

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Reporting entityElizabeth Kerner, M.D.

Victim entityElizabeth Kerner, M.D.

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing