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WASHINGTONAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Cancer Care Northwest

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 9, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

3,100

Confidence

50%
Full breach record for Cancer Care Northwest →2 incidents on file

Cancer Care Northwest P.S. reported to HHS on 2011-02-09 that a mail-merge error led to the accidental mailing of protected health information for 3,100 individuals. The breached data was on paper or films and included patient names. Though HHS classified the breach type as Theft, the summary describes an internal error. In response, the entity implemented additional safeguards and training, and OCR provided technical assistance.

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

? — ?

Breach window unknown

Feb 9, 2011

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,100 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.