HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Sept. 23, 2010.
- Organization as reported
- Eden Medical Center, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Sept. 23, 2010
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15968, row:7107)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE) lost two portable electronic storage devices containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,474 individuals. The ePHI included patients' names, dates of birth, and treatment information. Upon discovery of the breach, the covered entity (CE) notified individuals, HHS, and the media. Additionally, the CE initiated a project to encrypt emails, external hard drives, and related electronic media. Following OCR's investigation, the CE filed a police report, updated its policies and procedures in order to better safeguard patients' ePHI, and encrypted portable electronic computer devices.