ILLINOISPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDHighResolved

SwedishAmerican Health System

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 12, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

1,500

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for SwedishAmerican Health System →2 incidents on file

SwedishAmerican Health System (IL) reported to HHS on 2012-07-12 a Theft affecting 1,500 individuals. An individual impersonated an employee of a vendor contracted to dispose of x-ray films, gaining access to a storage area and stealing approximately 1,500 x-ray films. The CE believes the theft was motivated by silver content rather than patient data, but PHI exposed included names, addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, account numbers, and x-ray types. Breached information located on Paper/Films. OCR reviewed the CE's policies and procedures.

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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

Jul 12, 2012

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.Confirmed1,500 affectedView incident

Name: SwedishAmerican Health System
norm: swedishamerican health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: SwedishAmerican Health System
norm: swedishamerican health system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: ExternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the CE's policies and procedures.

During the incident: Provided breach notification to HHS and the media and posted substitute notice online.
Examined its policies and procedures.
Established a committee to oversee PHI destruction processes.
Reviewed physical security on campuses.
Issued email notices to all workforce members regarding vendor security.
Changes made: Established committee to oversee PHI destruction processes.
Reviewed and updated policies and procedures.
Reviewed physical security on campuses.
Issued workforce email notices regarding vendor security.
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: Jul 12, 2012
Raw hash: 2ed372d9f58e249b0f4da45a15b04617bd803dc375201fa8403e6bc289a41137

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Reporting entitySwedishAmerican Health System

Victim entitySwedishAmerican Health System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to HHS and the media and posted substitute notice online.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing