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Breach notice filed by City of Hope National Medical Center (November 2009)

Organization named: City of Hope National Medical Center Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

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. 23, 2009.

Organization as reported
City of Hope National Medical Center, CA
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
Nov. 23, 2009
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16124, row:7263)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A laptop computer was stolen from a workforce member's car. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 5,900 individuals. Following the breach, the covered entity encrypted all protected health information stored on lap tops. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and retraining employees. \

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 5,900 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 23, 2009, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 16124)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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