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Alexian Brothers Medical Center

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Alexian Brothers Medical Center (IL) reported to HHS on 2015-05-19 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 632 individuals. On April 13, 2015, several files containing ePHI were discovered on publicly accessible computers in the medical library. Exposed data included patient names, medical record numbers, and medication/clinical information. Breached information was located on Desktop Computers. The CE remediated by securing public computers, rendering folders read-only, implementing access tracking, and retraining staff. OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified5 weeks discovery → filing

⚠ occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed632 affectedView incident

Source provenance

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 19, 2015
Raw hash: 61f28407665a2b11f3a6ffc60263eb896e444e4c0f0ff437a34930c79e37f707

Source filing

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Reporting entity

Name: Alexian Brothers Medical Center
norm: alexian brothers medical center
Industry: Health Care Services

Victim entity

Name: Alexian Brothers Medical Center
norm: alexian brothers medical center
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Incident

Discovered: Apr 13, 2015
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 632
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions

Compliance

Time to disclose: 5 weeks(36 days from discovery to filing)
Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: occurrence dateThe stored discovery date equals the breach OCCURRENCE date. Detection is normally later, so this OVERSTATES the delay — a 'late' verdict here may not be real.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: Apr 13, 2015
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: Apr 13, 2015 → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.