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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%
Full breach record for Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital →

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.

Incident timeline — partial

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Breach window unknown

Jun 22, 2017

Filed

No interval is drawn: no breach start or discovery date is on record for this filing.

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

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.