HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of March 7, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Oklahoma Heart Hospital, LLC, OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- March 7, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13508, row:4647)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Oklahoma Heart Hospital, reported that four unencrypted desktop computers went missing from an area of the hospital that was under construction. This breach compromised the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,221 patients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and physical safeguards and retrained its staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.