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 Feb. 18, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- St. Vincent Hospital and Healthcare Inc, IN
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Feb. 18, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15174, row:6313)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A St. Vincent Hospital and Healthcare Inc. laptop computer that was connected to an EEG diagnostic system was stolen from a procedure cart located in a nursing unit within the hospital. This breach affected approximately 1,142 individuals and the types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included patients' names, dates of birth, dates of service, gender, physicians' name and types of studies. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE encrypted its laptops, updated its policies and procedures related to safeguarding mobile devices, and implemented procedures for the use of laptop security cables. OCR obtained documented assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.