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MICHIGANAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)Low

Borgess Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 5, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

700

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Borgess Medical Center →

Borgess Medical Center reported an impermissible disclosure of protected health information affecting 700 patients due to an error in a mail merge process on April 13, 2015. The breach resulted in the mixing of patient names and addresses, exposing their names, medications, and association with Borgess Rheumatology. In response, the center implemented a new data verification process, retrained workforce members, and added quality checks for spreadsheets with patient information.

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

Apr 13, 2015

Begins

Feb 5, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed700 affectedView incident

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.