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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority

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Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VA) reported to HHS on 2017-03-10 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 2,716 individuals via Electronic Medical Records. An employee of a community physician and an employee of a contracted vendor independently accessed patient records without a legitimate business need. PHI potentially viewed included full names, home addresses, dates of birth, medical record numbers, providers, visit dates, health insurance information, and diagnostic/treatment information. No malicious intent was confirmed and no data was retained. The CE implemented additional safeguards, removed browse functionality, and minimized search results. OCR obtained assurances of corrective action.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,716 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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: Mar 10, 2017
Raw hash: 14570c9388a6a62e73c01d54916103e2e8ef4ae5bf377dd646164a6a2fbb49cd

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority
norm: virginia commonwealth university health system authority
Domain: vcuhealth.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Virginia Commonwealth University Health System Authority
norm: virginia commonwealth university health system authority
Domain: vcuhealth.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,716
Data types: IDENTITY_BASICHEALTH_BASICFINANCIAL_ACCOUNT
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Multiple
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions
Initial access: valid_credentials

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.