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 July 19, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- City of Philadelphia, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- July 19, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13308, row:4447)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The City of Philadelphia, the covered entity (CE), reported that an unencrypted laptop of an employee was stolen after the employee inadvertently left it on a public bus. Access logs to web-based applications that stored protected health information (PHI) revealed no unauthorized access to its computer systems. The breach affected approximately 1,500 individuals. The protected health information potentially disclosed included names, dates of birth, and treatment information. Following the breach, the covered entity ensured that all previously unencrypted mobile devices were encrypted. Additionally, OCR reviewed the covered entity’s risk analysis to ensure compliance with the HIPAA Security Rule.