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 17, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- OU Medicine, Inc. d/b/a OU Health, OK
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- March 17, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10853, row:1992)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), OU Medicine dba OU Health, reported that a laptop computer containing the protected health information (PHI) of 3,013 individuals was stolen from an employee’s vehicle. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, drivers’ license and Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the CE reinforced existing policy on whole disk encryption and strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Rules.