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 Sept. 8, 2022.
- Organization as reported
- UCLA Health, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Sept. 8, 2022
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11210, row:2349)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), UCLA Health, reported that an unencrypted USB drive containing the protected health information (PHI) of 2,190 individuals was misplaced and not recovered. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional technical safeguards, revised its policies and procedures, and retrained its workforce.