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Breach notice filed by The Outer Banks Hospital (August 2016)

Organization named: The Outer Banks Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

What the sources say

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 Aug. 19, 2016.

Organization as reported
The Outer Banks Hospital, NC
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Aug. 19, 2016
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14447, row:5586)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Outer Banks Hospital, lost two unencrypted portable computer drives ("flash" drives) containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,000 individuals during a move. The types of PHI on the lost flash drives included names, addresses, birthdates, social security numbers, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE retrained its workforce with respect to appropriate portable devices and media storage. Additionally, the CE initiated the deployment of new technology on all computer workstations to detect and prevent PHI from being downloaded to portable storage media devices. The CE also began using auto-encryption technology rather than relying on user actions to encrypt data and implemented related procedures. Further, the CE drafted a new procedure for physical practice acquisitions which includes a more thorough risk assessment of privacy and security components. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,000 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 19, 2016, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 14447)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • The Outer Banks Hospital Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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