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Breach notice filed by elizabeth ortof MD (September 2021)

Organization named: elizabeth ortof MD 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 Sept. 23, 2021.

Organization as reported
elizabeth ortof MD, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
Sept. 23, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11892, row:3031)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

Dr. Elizabeth Ortof reported that her laptop was stolen from her office. The laptop contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,000 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. During the course of the investigation, OCR determined that Dr. Ortof is not a covered entity as defined by the HIPAA Privacy Rule and subsequently closed its investigation.

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

Figures, per source

  • 5,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Sept. 23, 2021, 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 11892)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • elizabeth ortof MD Named as the covered entity 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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