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 May 6, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Implant and Prosthodontic Associates, OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- May 6, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12174, row:3313)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Implant and Prosthodontic Associates, reported that an external hard drive that contained the protected health information of 6,134 individuals was stolen. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, lab results, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee responsible and implemented additional administrative, technical, security, and physical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. Staff were retrained.