DisclosureLens
ALABAMAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedData ExfiltratedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Flowers Hospital

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Severity

Low

Discovered

Feb 27, 2014

Filed

Apr 25, 2014

To disclose

8 weeks

Affected

629

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Flowers Hospital →

Flowers Hospital (Dothan, AL) reported to HHS on 2014-04-25 a Theft breach affecting 629 individuals. On February 27, 2014, law enforcement notified the hospital that paper facesheets (clinical and demographic information) were found in a hospital employee's possession upon arrest. An internal investigation indicated the employee may have accessed or shared the records of up to 1,208 individuals. Breached information was located on paper/films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and implemented corrective access-control and storage procedures. OCR obtained assurances of remediation.

HIPAA clock✓ HHS report on time8 weeks discovery → filing
⚠ unattributedNo provenance was recorded for this discovery date and it matches no other date on the record. It may be correct, but it is not independently grounded.

Incident timeline

discovery → filing · 8 weeks / 57 days

Feb 27, 2014

Discovered

Apr 25, 2014

Filed

vs. sector median

4 wks faster

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed629 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.