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. 12, 2010.
- Organization as reported
- Visiting Nurse Service Association of Schenectady County, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Nov. 12, 2010
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15946, row:7085)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An encrypted laptop computer that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 535 individuals was stolen from the covered entity (CE). The ePHI included names, addresses, and dates of birth. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE filed a police report to recover the stolen item. Following OCR's investigation, the CE disabled the involved staff member's account, verbally counseled the staff member, and retrained the staff member. The CE also adopted and implemented security policies and procedures for laptops/tablet devices and provided training to all staff.