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 Jan. 29, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Cambridge Healthcare Services, LLC, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Jan. 29, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13551, row:4690)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Cambridge Healthcare Services, the covered entity (CE), reported that a laptop computer containing the protected health information (PHI) of 10,866 individuals, was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, clinical information, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. The CE also provided a dedicated telephone number for questions or concerns. In its mitigation efforts, The CE implemented additional technical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.