Henry Ford Health System (HFHS) reported to HHS on 2019-02-20 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 5,590 individuals. An employee inadvertently mailed PHI (names and medication information) to the wrong recipients. Breached information was located in Paper/Films. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and media. Corrective actions included administrative safeguards, staff retraining, and OCR-guided harm mitigation (recipients asked to destroy/return incorrectly received mailings). OCR obtained assurances of compliance.
Affected (this filing): 5,590