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 Aug. 26, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Aug. 26, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14724, row:5863)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE) reported that a hard drive was missing that contained approximately 1,800 hours of voice recordings that were communications between dispatchers and medical staff prior to or during medical transport between September 18, 2014, and June 3, 2015. The hard drive was not searchable without a separate application and many of the recordings did not contain protected health information The hard drive was missing from the CE's locked, secure area. The breach affected 7,664 individuals and included clinical and demographic information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE installed a security camera in the area the hard drive was located, ceased storing back-up transport voice recordings on a mobile device, encrypted all mobile devices, and retrained staff. OCR obtained documentation that the CE implemented the compliance actions listed.