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Breach notice filed by New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Harlem Hospital (March 2018)

Organization named: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Harlem Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

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 29, 2018.

Organization as reported
New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Harlem Hospital, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
March 29, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13878, row:5017)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation - Harlem Hospital, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 595 individuals went missing. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and reported the theft to the New York City Police Department. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to better protect its ePHI and provided security awareness training for workforce members.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 595 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date March 29, 2018, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13878)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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