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 Feb. 14, 2012.
- Organization as reported
- Lakeview Medical Center, WI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Feb. 14, 2012
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15694, row:6833)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Lakeview Medical Center, reported that a laptop was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. The laptop contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 698 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, addresses, treatment information, and medications prescribed. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and offered complimentary credit monitoring services. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and technical safeguards to better protect its sensitive data. The employee responsible was sanctioned. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.