Good Samaritan Hospital

Disclosed Oct 25, 20133,833 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Samaritan Regional Health System, mismatched names and addresses in a mailing to former patients of a recently deceased physician. The protected health information (PHI) included the names and addresses of approximately 2,203 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS, and posted substitute notice on its website. Following the breach, the CE re-trained staff on proper address validation techniques and implemented new audit procedures for mailings. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action listed above.

What is known

People affected	3,833 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Oct 25, 2013
Attack	Lost or stolen device
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Good Samaritan Hospital (Healthcare Provider, CA)

Notices filed

TotalOct 25, 2013

HHS archive3,833 people

Other breaches at Good Samaritan Hospital

Hacking breachHacking exposed names, Social Security numbers, government IDs, payment cards, financial details and health records. Reported to the California AG.234K affectedHealthcareUSApr 17, 2020

History of this record

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

First seen 2026-09-25 (HHS archive), confirmed by HHS OCR. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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