Southwest Gastroenterology

Disclosed Jun 28, 20191,600 affectedConfirmed

The covered entity (CE), Southwest Gastroenterology, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1,600 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. The CE also provided free credit monitoring services to the affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.

What is known

People affected	1,600 (as reported to HHS)
Disclosed	Jun 28, 2019
Happened	Jan 1, 2012
Attack	Lost or stolen device
Data exposed	NamesHealth
Sector	Healthcare · US
Status	Confirmed

Sources

Official noticein.gov

Indiana Attorney General 2019 data breach report: Southwest Gastroenterology

Official noticeocrportal.hhs.gov

HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Southwest Gastroenterology (Healthcare Provider, IL)

Notices filed

Residents of INJun 28, 2019

Indiana AG17 people

TotalJun 28, 2019

HHS archive1,600 people

History of this record

attack2026-09-25

unknown to lost-deviceby backfillSource

data_types2026-09-25

[] to ["names","health"]by backfillSource

records_basis2026-09-25

empty to hhsby backfillSource

records2026-09-25

empty to 1600by backfillSource

summary2026-09-25

empty to The covered entity (CE), Southwest Gastroenterology, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 1,600 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates by backfillSource

Added2026-09-25

First recordedby backfillSource

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

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