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. 23, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- Montefiore Medical Center, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Sept. 23, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11165, row:2304)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Montefiore Medical Center, reported that a USB drive belonging to an employee was stolen. The device contained the protected health information (PHI) of 1,332 individuals. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, email addresses, medical record numbers, diagnoses, and other clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the CE provided complimentary credit monitoring services and strengthened its administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its sensitive data.