CALIFORNIAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Tri-city Medical Center

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Aug 18, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

500

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Tri-city Medical Center →2 incidents on file

An employee being terminated from Tri-City Medical Center on August 7, 2014, stole emergency department logs for 500 patients and provided them to the California Department of Public Health and a local newspaper. The medical center reported the theft to HHS on August 18, 2014, notified affected individuals, and implemented numerous corrective actions, including securing paper logs, retraining staff, and developing new policies for tracking facility logs.

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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

Aug 7, 2014

Begins

Aug 18, 2014

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed500 affectedView incident

Name: Tri-city Medical Center
norm: tri city medical center
Domain: tricitymed.org
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Tri-city Medical Center
norm: tri city medical center
Domain: tricitymed.org
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Aug 7, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 500nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: InternalGrudge
Regulator citations: Notified California Department of Public Health (DPH)Filed a police report for theftNotified HHSOCR obtained written assurances of corrective actions

During the incident: Contacted the California Department of Public Health (DPH)
Filed a theft report with the local police department
Provided breach notification to affected individuals and the media
Established an 800-number for affected patients
Retrieved the stolen logs from the police department
Changes made: Reformatted emergency department logs to be electronic-only
Placed all paper logs in a locked/secured cabinet
Converted locks and relocated printers/faxes to secure areas
Retrained entire workforce
Developed a new policy for tracking log check-in/check-out
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: Aug 18, 2014
Raw hash: 781ed01e78162afe364ea33d09605786ee8e4c9686583b2928e2e5f976725704

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Reporting entityTri-city Medical Center

Victim entityTri-city Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseContacted the California Department of Public Health (DPH)

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing