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 Jan. 18, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Las Colinas Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, PA, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Jan. 18, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13570, row:4709)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On November 20, 2018, the covered entity’s (CE) business associate (BA), Zthernet, discovered that a workforce member’s unencrypted data drive was stolen from the workforce member’s vehicle. The stolen drive contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 76,000 individuals, including patients’ names and dates of birth. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.