OKLAHOMAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Apr 4, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,637

Confidence

69%

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University of Oklahoma, OU Physicians reported to HHS on 2017-04-04 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1637 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A resident physician configured email to forward PHI (names, medical info, DOB, SSN) to a personal account. The entity improved safeguards, updated policies, trained staff, and notified HHS, individuals, and media.

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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 4, 2017

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.Confirmed1,637 affectedView incident

Name: University of Oklahoma, OU Physicians
norm: university of oklahoma ou physicians
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
norm: university of oklahoma health sciences center
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,637nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistanceOCR obtained the notice to the media provided by the CE

During the incident: Improved safeguards
Updated its policies and procedures
Trained its workforce members on better practices to protect PHI
Provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media
Provided substitute notice to those individuals not notified
Changes made: Implemented the corrective actions listed in the response to OCR’s data request
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 4, 2017
Raw hash: b7dc7e1f183ca06102229ed589a9b60433a0d85cc068d83597dc3cb9e237dfc0

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Reporting entityUniversity of Oklahoma, OU Physicians

Victim entityUniversity of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseImproved safeguards

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing