MASSACHUSETTSMisuseHealthcareGovernmentHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Massachusetts Department of Public Health

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 21, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

1,176

Linked

2 filings

Confidence

97%

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Massachusetts Department of Public Health - Tewksbury Hospital reported to HHS on 2017-07-21 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,176 individuals. A hospital employee impermissibly accessed electronic medical records containing demographic and clinical PHI. The employee resigned prior to sanctions being applied. Remediation included restricting EMR access by role/location, removing sensitive data from patient summary pages, and retraining all staff. OCR reviewed policies and obtained corrective-action assurances.

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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 21, 2017

Filed

—

Corroborated · see linked filings

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

This filing is one of 2 about the same incident.View merged incident

Linked disclosures

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Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Massachusetts State AGbd_0a6ebb80d1402ddf2017-07-24 · +3dVerified

Name: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
norm: massachusetts department of public health
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Massachusetts Department of Public Health
norm: massachusetts department of public health
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource defaultGovernmentllm

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,176nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR reviewed the covered entity's policies and procedures and obtained assurances that corrective actions were implemented.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media; substitute notice posted on website.
Removed sensitive information from the patient summary page in the EMR system.
Increased restrictions to EMR access based on workforce member role and work location.
Provided additional training to all employees regarding role-based access and HIPAA minimum necessary requirements.
Changes made: EMR patient summary page de-sensitized.
Role- and location-based EMR access controls strengthened.
HIPAA minimum necessary and role-based access training delivered to all staff.
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.

Filing propagation · 2 filings

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HHS OCRJul 21 · first · this page

Massachusetts State AG+3d

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 21, 2017
Raw hash: 469e2c8d2b016247152627c2cb8cc4b78697a503e4e658cb81ef225ce1293071

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Linked disclosures

Regulatory filings (1) · sorted by filing gap

Reporting entityMassachusetts Department of Public Health

Victim entityMassachusetts Department of Public Health

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, affected individuals, and the media; substitute notice posted on website.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing