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 13, 2012.
- Organization as reported
- Quantum Health Consulting, PR
- Entity type as reported
- Business Associate
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- March 13, 2012
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15673, row:6812)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An unencrypted laptop computer and an external hard drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 7,923 individuals were stolen from a staff member of the CE's business associate (BA). The ePHI included names, ages, gender, social security numbers, medical services provided, diagnosis codes, and dates of service. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE filed a police report to recover the stolen items. The CE also provided breach notification to all affected individuals, HHS, and the media. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE had its BA conduct a risk analysis, implement new security policies and procedures to ensure adequate safeguards to protect ePHI, and retrain its employees. The CE also had its BA change its security practices to include encryption on all laptops and restrict the use of portable media devices.