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 Aug. 3, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Hoag Clinic, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Aug. 3, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12757, row:3896)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Hoag Clinic, reported that a laptop computer containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 738 individuals was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, email addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, local law enforcement, and provided free identity theft monitoring services. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, re-trained its staff, and created new policies and procedures to prevent future incidents of this nature. OCR provided technical assistance to the CE and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.