TENNESSEEAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Jun 22, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

2,837

Confidence

98%

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Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital (TN) reported to HHS OCR on 2017-06-22 an Improper Disposal breach affecting 2,837 individuals. PHI — including names, dates of birth, claims information, and health diagnoses/conditions — was impermissibly disclosed when paper/film records were scattered along a road for approximately four miles. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Corrective actions included transferring offsite PHI storage to a new vendor with improved safeguards and retraining all workforce members. OCR confirmed implementation of corrective actions.

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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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jun 22, 2017

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,837 affectedView incident

Name: Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
norm: saint thomas rutherford hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
norm: saint thomas rutherford hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,837nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Improper disposal
Where the data lived: Paper / films
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained documentation of corrective actions

During the incident: Conducted internal investigation
Transferred all offsite PHI storage units to a new storage and disposal vendor with improved safeguards
Retrained workforce including management
Changes made: New storage and disposal vendor engaged with improved safeguards
Workforce retraining completed
OCR verified corrective action documentation
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: Jun 22, 2017
Raw hash: c56042a1bc930c608180dbc27c1fcb267396d69914c3f7e3d359edad18f7ac8d

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Reporting entitySaint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

Victim entitySaint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

IncidentMisconfiguration

Stated responseConducted internal investigation

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing