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 June 1, 2010.
- Organization as reported
- Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, OH
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- June 1, 2010
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16044, row:7183)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An unencrypted laptop computer containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 60,998 individuals was stolen out of a workforce member's car. The ePHI stored on the laptop included names, medical record numbers, and services received. The covered entity (CE) provided breach notification to affected individuals, HHS, and the media. Following the breach, the CE established a new internal procedure to encrypt all new computers before they are given to employees. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action listed above. \ \ \