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 30, 2018.
- Organization as reported
- Milligan Chiropractic Group, Inc. d/b/a Del Mar Chiropractic Sports Group, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- March 30, 2018
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13876, row:5015)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Milligan Chiropractic Group, Inc. d/b/a Del Mar Chiropractic Sports Group, reported that on January 31, 2018, a physician’s laptop computer was stolen. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included the demographic and clinical information of 2,640 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE encrypted data on laptops, changed passwords, implemented new safeguards, revised policies and procedures, and trained workforce members. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE provided copies of its revised policies and procedures, contracted with a third party to ensure HIPAA compliance for its electronic health records, and trained employees regarding its revised policies and procedures.