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 Sept. 15, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans, LA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Sept. 15, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14711, row:5850)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center – New Orleans, the covered entity (CE), reported that an unencrypted laptop was stolen from a physician’s personal vehicle resulting in the theft of protected health information (PHI) of approximately 14,500 individuals. The types of PHI involved in the breach included clinical and demographic information. Following the breach, the CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE began to identify all unencrypted electronic devices and encrypt them, and implemented a method to address data backup. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.