TNAccidentalHealthcareHealthcareDisposal ErrorCustomer Data InvolvedHEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASICMediumResolved

Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital

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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.

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.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,837 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: Jun 22, 2017
Raw hash: c56042a1bc930c608180dbc27c1fcb267396d69914c3f7e3d359edad18f7ac8d

Source filing

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Reporting entity

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

Victim entity

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

Incident

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 2,837
Data types: HEALTH_BASICIDENTITY_BASIC
Attack vector: Misconfiguration
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR notified; OCR obtained documentation of corrective actions

Compliance

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

Extraction provenance

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.