SOUTH CAROLINAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MinorMediumResolved

Roper St. Francis Healthcare

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jan 24, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

576

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Roper St. Francis Healthcare →7 incidents on file

Roper St. Francis Healthcare (Mount Pleasant Hospital, SC) reported to HHS on 2017-01-24 a Loss affecting 576 individuals. A portable camera containing infant security photos (PHI: patient photographs, last names, dates of birth, providers' names) went missing after a nurse failed to store it in its normal secure location. The breach affected 508 newborn patients. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device. The CE discontinued the photo procedure, implemented an incident response procedure, trained staff, and offered credit monitoring to affected individuals.

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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

Jan 24, 2017

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

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

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed576 affectedView incident

Name: Roper St. Francis Healthcare
norm: roper st francis healthcare
Domain: rsfh.com
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Roper St. Francis Healthcare
norm: roper st francis healthcare
Domain: rsfh.com
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: Jan 24, 2017
Affected individuals: 576nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Minor
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: Portable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR breach notification submitted; OCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation.

During the incident: Breach notification provided to HHS, parents of affected newborns, and media.
OCR obtained assurances of corrective actions.
Changes made: Discontinued procedure of taking security photos of newborns (effective December 4, 2016).
Staff advised to use matching bracelets, infant security tags and system for infant identification.
Family education on infant safety implemented.
Implemented Information Services Security Incident Response Procedure on January 24, 2017.
Trained staff in affected unit on HIPAA policies and procedures.
Offered credit monitoring and identity protection services to affected individuals.
Established a call center related to the breach.
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: Jan 24, 2017
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: Jan 24, 2017	—	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: Jan 24, 2017
Raw hash: fc65bfadf2a0cb9e78e15dc87313437f70a74beb38861cd392b041d4391195f6

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Reporting entityRoper St. Francis Healthcare

Victim entityRoper St. Francis Healthcare

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification provided to HHS, parents of affected newborns, and media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing