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 Nov. 24, 2009.
- Organization as reported
- The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Nov. 24, 2009
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16123, row:7262)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A laptop computer was stolen from a hospital employee’s vehicle. The computer contained the protected health information (PHI) of 943 individuals and included names, contact information, dates of birth, social security numbers, medical record numbers, and health insurance information including diagnosis codes and billing code descriptions. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to this incident, the CE accelerated and completed implementation of a pre-existing plan to encrypt all hospital laptops. Additionally, the CE revised its information security policies and retrained its workforce. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.