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Breach notice filed by Advocate Health Care (January 2010)

Organization named: Advocate Health Care Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 22, 2010.

Organization as reported
Advocate Health Care, IL
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
Jan. 22, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16105, row:7244)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On November 24, 2009, an Advocate nurse's laptop computer was stolen. The missing laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 812 individuals. The protected health information involved in the breach included name, address, dates of birth, social security numbers, insurance information, medication, and diagnoses. Following the breach, Advocate specifically addressed mobile device security and accepted use. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in Advocate workforce members that use mobile devices are now required to fill out and submit an acknowledgment form that establish proper administrative, technical, and physical security safeguards. \

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 812 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Jan. 22, 2010, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 16105)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Advocate Health Care Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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