ILLINOISAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareMisdeliveryCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)Low

Baxter Healthcare

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Oct 10, 2016

To disclose

—

Affected

992

Confidence

50%

Baxter Healthcare reported to HHS on October 10, 2016, an incident of unauthorized access/disclosure affecting 992 individuals. On September 15, 2016, an employee sent an email to patients with their email addresses visible in the 'To' field, exposing them to other recipients. The breached information was located in an email. In response, the employee was reeducated and sanctioned, and the broader workforce received additional HIPAA training.

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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 15, 2016

Begins

Oct 10, 2016

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed992 affectedView incident

Name: Baxter Healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Baxter Healthcare
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Sep 15, 2016
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 992nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Email
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: Provided breach notification to HHSOCR obtained written assurances that the CE implemented corrective actionsFiled a police report

During the incident: Sanctioned the employee involved in accordance with its sanctions policy
Changes made: Reeducated and counseled the employee on HIPAA policies
Provided training to its workforce on policies and procedures regarding HIPAA
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: Oct 10, 2016
Raw hash: 93995333695bd82cc61e7f0c77fcf43e5fea10823d41a889581d368c1c675689

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Reporting entityBaxter Healthcare

Victim entityBaxter Healthcare

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseSanctioned the employee involved in accordance with its sanctions policy

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing