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 May 9, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- Smile Doctors of Arizona dba Grinz Orthodontics, AZ
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Desktop Computer
- Submission date
- May 9, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10750, row:1889)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Smile Doctors of Arizona dba Grinz Orthodontics, the covered entity (CE), reported that its office was burglarized and five desktop computers were stolen. The protected health information (PHI) of 1,034 individuals was compromised. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, X-ray images, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE revised its policies and procedures, retrained its workforce members, and implemented additional technical safeguards.