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 Nov. 28, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- CHI Franciscan Health Hospice-Tacoma, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Nov. 28, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14346, row:5485)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
CHI Franciscan Health Hospice, the covered entity (CE), reported that a backpack containing a laptop and paper copies of medical records was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. The breach affected 2,413 individuals. The protected health information (PHI) involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, social security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The covered entity implemented physical and technical security safeguards, updated its risk analysis, sanctioned the workforce member, and re-trained all staff members. OCR provided technical assistance to the covered entity regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.