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 Jan. 22, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- The Brooklyn Hospital Center, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Jan. 22, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15196, row:6335)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), The Brooklyn Hospital Center, reported that a USB drive that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,172 individuals, was stolen from a physician’s office. The ePHI involved included names, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the discovery of the incident, the CE sanctioned the responsible physician and implemented additional administrative, physical, and technical safeguards to better protect its ePHI. All workforce members were retrained on the importance of safeguarding sensitive data.