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 June 4, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Pediatrix Cardiology of Washington, P.C. d/b/a NorthWest Congenital Heart Care, WA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- June 4, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12101, row:3240)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), NorthWest Congenital Heart Care, reported that an unencrypted external hard drive was stolen from one of its offices. The hard drive contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,166 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and health insurance and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and retrained its staff to better protect ePHI.