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 12, 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 12, 2012
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15677, row:6816)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), First Proveedores Aliados Por Tu Salud, after it reported an unencrypted laptop computer and external hard drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,645 individuals were stolen from a staff member of the CE's business associate (BA), Quantum Health. The ePHI included names, age, sex, social security numbers, medical services provided, diagnosis codes, and the dates of service. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE filed a police report and provided breach notification to all individuals affected by the breach, HHS, and the media. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE had its BA conduct a risk analysis and implemented new security policies and procedures to ensure adequate safeguards to protect ePHI and retrain its employees. In addition, the CE also had its BA change its security practices to include encryption on all laptops and restricted the use of portable media devices. \