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Breach notice filed by NYU Hospitals Center (July 2010)

Organization named: NYU Hospitals Center 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 July 7, 2010.

Organization as reported
NYU Hospitals Center, NY
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
July 7, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16026, row:7165)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE) misplaced an unencrypted USB drive that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,563 individuals. The ePHI included names, medical record numbers, ages, genders, procedures, attending physicians' names, anesthesiologists' names, types of anesthesia, times of arrival in the recovery room, and times of discharge. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE reported the incident to internal security as a possible theft and conducted a thorough search of the perimeter. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE stopped using USB drives and local desktop computers for data storage. In addition, the CE updated physical security in the recovery room and installed data prevention software to monitor, block or encrypt mobile media used in the CE. Further, the CE purchased encrypted USB drives for workforce members with an identified need to download and store ePHI. The CE also revised its mobile device and portable storage media policy and retrained all workforce members on its policies.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,563 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 7, 2010, 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 16026)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • NYU Hospitals Center Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

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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