PENNSYLVANIAMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Low

Washington Health System

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Dec 2, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

544

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Washington Health System →2 incidents on file

Washington Health System reported to HHS on 2016-12-02 a Theft affecting 544 individuals. An employee emailed a patient census list containing names and addresses to a personal email account and provided it to another home health agency. The breach occurred on September 27, 2016, and was located on the Electronic Medical Record.

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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

Sep 27, 2016

Begins

Dec 2, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed544 affectedView incident

Name: Washington Health System
norm: washington health system
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Washington Health System
norm: washington health system
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Sep 27, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 544nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSFiled report with Pennsylvania State PoliceFiled report with Department of Health

During the incident: Sent Attestations of Destruction and Return of Patient Information letters
Changes made: Implemented corrective actions
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: Dec 2, 2016
Raw hash: 27ac4853704af525ec5164a1b5fafe7d261134af8771dc9253c733d9a1970037

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Reporting entityWashington Health System

Victim entityWashington Health System

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSent Attestations of Destruction and Return of Patient Information letters

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing