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 June 1, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Oregon's Health CO-OP, OR
- Entity type as reported
- Health Plan
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- June 1, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14786, row:5925)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A personal laptop belonging to an Oregon Health CO-OP's employee was stolen from his unattended, locked car. The laptop was unencrypted and contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 14,000 individuals. The e-PHI involved in the breach was demographic information and included names, addresses, social security numbers, dates of birth, health plan identification numbers, and health plan numbers. Following the breach, the covered entity (CE) sanctioned the employee, implemented additional technical safeguards to prevent the downloading of e-PHI onto a personal electronic device, and trained its employees on these technical safeguards. OCR provided the CE with technical assistance regarding risk analysis and risk management implementation.