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Breach notice filed by Cogent Healthcare, Inc. (November 2009)

Organization named: Cogent Healthcare, Inc. 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. 25, 2009.

Organization as reported
Cogent Healthcare, Inc., TN
Entity type as reported
Business Associate
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
Nov. 25, 2009
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16122, row:7261)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A laptop was stolen from a locked office at the Aurora St. Lukes Medical Center. The laptop contained protected health information pertaining to 6,400 individuals. The information included patient names, dates of birth, social security numbers, medical record numbers, and in some cases diagnosis codes. In response to the theft, the hospital implemented several corrective action measures, including accelerated efforts to encrypt all laptop hard drives, improved physical locks on the office where the theft occurred, staff training regarding the appropriate use and storage of devices containing ePHI, and encryption of portable flash drives and Blackberry devices.

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

Figures, per source

  • 6,400 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 25, 2009, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 16122)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Cogent Healthcare, Inc. Named as a service provider Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

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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