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 Sept. 10, 2010.
- Organization as reported
- The Kent Center, RI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- Sept. 10, 2010
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15978, row:7117)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A briefcase containing paper documents including the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,361 individuals was stolen from an employee’s car. The types of PHI involved in the breach included clients’ names, dates of birth, and for a small number of clients, limited clinical information. The covered entity (CE), The Kent Center, provided breach notification to affected individuals, the media, and HHS. Following the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee involved, revised its confidentiality policy related to safeguarding client lists, and re-trained its employees. Additionally, as a result of OCR’s investigation the CE revised and updated its breach notification policies and reinforced the requirements of the Privacy and Breach Rules to its employees.