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Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

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Severity

High

Discovered

—

Filed

May 23, 2014

To disclose

—

Affected

26,162

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Jamaica Hospital Medical Center →

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (NY) reported to HHS on 2014-05-23 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 26,162 individuals. From August 1, 2011 through March 27, 2014, five employees impermissibly accessed PHI of Emergency Department patients on Desktop Computers and disclosed it to third parties for solicitation. PHI included names, addresses, DOBs, SSNs, diagnoses, insurance info, and admission dates. OCR provided technical assistance; the CE terminated the employees, redesigned workflows, and committed to a comprehensive risk analysis and access management improvements.

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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 1, 2011

Begins

May 23, 2014

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed26,162 affectedView incident

Name: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
norm: jamaica hospital medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center
norm: jamaica hospital medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Aug 1, 2011 – Mar 27, 2014
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 26,162nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)Government ID
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Desktop computer
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: InternalFinancial
Regulator citations: OCR provided technical assistance on corrective actionOCR obtained assurances of corrective action implementation
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Breach notification sent to HHS, media, and affected individuals
Notice posted to CE website
Five employees terminated
Workflows redesigned for greater oversight
Changes made: Comprehensive risk analysis to be conducted
Remediation plan to be implemented
Improvements to information system activity review processes
Improvements to information access management processes
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: May 23, 2014
Raw hash: fcd4b2556c6ece43dec4942d698af6547cc7ee9753ce4e02300537b0e19c2a04

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Reporting entityJamaica Hospital Medical Center

Victim entityJamaica Hospital Medical Center

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseBreach notification sent to HHS, media, and affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing