MICHIGANPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareLossCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Medium

Henry Ford Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Feb 23, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

2,777

Confidence

50%

Full breach record for Henry Ford Hospital →2 incidents on file

On January 31, 2011, an employee of Henry Ford Health System lost a personal portable electronic device (a flash drive) containing the clinical and demographic protected health information (PHI) of 2,777 individuals. The health system reported the breach to HHS on February 23, 2011. In response, the entity sanctioned the employee, implemented an encryption program for flash drives, and provided assurances to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) for further corrective actions, including enhancing their asset management program.

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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

Jan 31, 2011

Begins

Feb 23, 2011

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,777 affectedView incident

Name: Henry Ford Hospital
norm: henry ford hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Henry Ford Hospital
norm: henry ford hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Jan 31, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,777nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Loss
Where the data lived: OtherPortable electronic device
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Notified HHSOCR provided technical assistanceCase consolidated into an existing investigation

During the incident: Provided breach notification to affected individuals
Sanctioned the employee involved
Changes made: Implemented an encryption process for portable devices
Create a more robust asset management program
Complete an enterprise data mapping and asset inventory
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: Feb 23, 2011
Raw hash: c2f4da9e00a7e434cdc3966bc5abb26c469ebbb9f76561558cf69967b30250de

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Reporting entityHenry Ford Hospital

Victim entityHenry Ford Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseProvided breach notification to affected individuals

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing