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 13, 2011.
- Organization as reported
- Dr Axel Velez, PR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- July 13, 2011
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15816, row:6955)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Four computers containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,143 patients were stolen from the covered entity (CE), Dr. Axel Velez. The PHI involved in the breach included patients’ names, addresses, contact numbers, partial social security numbers, dates of birth, diagnostic information, dates of visits, patient numbers, referring physicians, physicians’ telephone numbers, and insurance information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE improved physical security by repairing the backdoor entrance to the office, installing an alarm system and video surveillance equipment, attaching cable locks to the workstation computers, servers and portable media devices, and moving inventoried equipment off-site. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE regarding risk analysis, risk management planning, and policies and procedures required under the Security Rule.