GEORGIAAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedPHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial accountHighResolved

Saint Francis Hospital

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Severity

High

Discovered

Jan 15, 2018

Filed

Mar 14, 2018

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

1,412

Confidence

67%

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Saint Francis Hospital reported to HHS on 2018-03-14 a Improper Disposal affecting 1412 individuals. Breached information located on Other. A custodian inadvertently disposed of bins containing PHI (names, DOB, SSN, clinical/payment info) in regular trash. The CE retrained employees and the custodial company and implemented additional safeguards.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 58 days

Jan 15, 2018

Discovered

Mar 14, 2018

Filed

vs. sector median

1 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed1,412 affectedView incident

Name: Saint Francis Hospital
norm: saint francis hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Saint Francis Hospital
norm: saint francis hospital
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Jan 15, 2018
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 1,412nationwide
Data types: PHIHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Government IDFinancial account
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Other
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
MITRE ATT&CK: T1530 Data from Cloud Storage
Threat actor: Internal

During the incident: Retrained its employees and the custodial company
Implemented additional safeguards to prevent the improper disposal of PHI in the future
Changes made: Retrained its employees and the custodial company
Implemented additional safeguards to prevent the improper disposal of PHI in the future
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Time to disclose: 8 weeks(58 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS report on timeHHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 15, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— 60 days HHS report on time
HIPAA
Discovered: Jan 15, 2018
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 15, 2018 → Notified: not extracted	—	60 days	HHS report on time
HIPAA	Discovered: Jan 15, 2018 → 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: Mar 14, 2018
Raw hash: 67d9aae7ae97b793b1b1e6cb65cae3531ac25687462c9dc56af81512b951b574

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Reporting entitySaint Francis Hospital

Victim entitySaint Francis Hospital

Incidentdiscovered Jan 15, 2018

Stated responseRetrained its employees and the custodial company

ComplianceHHS report on time

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing