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 March 19, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Kane Hall Barry Neurology, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- March 19, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14853, row:5992)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Kane Hall Barry Neurology, reported that on January 20, 2015, an unencrypted laptop computer that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 600 patients was stolen out of a workforce member’s car. The PHI included patients' names, addresses, dates of birth, diagnoses, conditions, and medications. As a result of this breach, the CE improved technical safeguards for its laptop computers and other software devices containing PHI to ensure they are encrypted and password protected. In addition, the CE implemented new policies and trained workforce members on the requirements of HIPAA. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It also offered one year of free identity theft protection to affected individuals and established a toll free breach helpline. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.