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OHIOAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedIdentity (basic)Health (basic)MediumResolved

Samaritan Regional Health System

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jul 3, 2013

To disclose

—

Affected

2,203

Confidence

97%
Full breach record for Samaritan Regional Health System →

Samaritan Regional Health System (OH) reported to HHS on 2013-07-03 a mailing error affecting 2,203 individuals. The CE mismatched names and addresses in a mailing to former patients of a recently deceased physician, exposing patient names and addresses on paper/films. The CE notified affected individuals, media, and HHS, posted substitute notice online, re-trained staff on address validation, and implemented new mailing audit procedures. OCR obtained corrective action assurances.

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 3, 2013

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.Confirmed2,203 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.