HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 27, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Ambercare Corporation, Inc., NM
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- July 27, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13737, row:4876)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An unencrypted laptop was stolen from the vehicle of a workforce member of the covered entity (CE), Ambercare Corporation. The types of protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, dates of birth, and treatment information of approximately 2,284 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.