MASSACHUSETTSMisuseHealthcareHealthcarePrivilege AbuseCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

The Lowell General Hospital

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 10, 2017

To disclose

—

Affected

769

Confidence

96%

Full breach record for The Lowell General Hospital →

The Lowell General Hospital (MA) reported to HHS on 2017-11-10 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 769 individuals. An employee impermissibly accessed the PHI of 769 individuals, including demographic and clinical information stored in Electronic Medical Records. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The employee was sanctioned, and the CE updated its policies to detect inappropriate access. OCR reviewed CE policies and found compliance with the Privacy and Security Rules.

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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

Nov 10, 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.Confirmed769 affectedView incident

Name: The Lowell General Hospital
norm: the lowell general hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: The Lowell General Hospital
norm: the lowell general hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 769nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Unauthorized access or disclosure
Where the data lived: Electronic medical record
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1078 Valid Accounts
Threat actor: Internal
Regulator citations: HHS OCR reviewed CE policies; CE found in compliance with Privacy and Security Rules. OCR obtained documented assurances of corrective actions.
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Notified HHS, affected individuals, and media
Sanctioned the employee per CE sanctions policy
Changed policy to detect inappropriate access
Changes made: Updated access monitoring policies to detect inappropriate access
Applied employee sanctions per policy
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: Nov 10, 2017
Raw hash: 3b664aac01c021247031d0288d0c05f957c9fde87174492dc509a068e6f3adc7

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Reporting entityThe Lowell General Hospital

Victim entityThe Lowell General Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseNotified HHS, affected individuals, and media

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing