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 April 27, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Eye Care Surgery Center, Inc., LA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- April 27, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13838, row:4977)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Eye Care Surgery Center, Inc. reported that an unencrypted laptop containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,553 individuals was stolen from its facility. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and diagnoses. In response to this breach incident, the CE provided notice to OCR, affected individuals, and the media. Additionally, the CE reported the incident to local law enforcement, encrypted its laptops and workstations, and improved physical safeguards to prevent similar incidents.