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 March 17, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- W. Christopher Bryant DDS PC, MI
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- March 17, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14584, row:5723)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
W. Christopher Bryant, DDS, the covered entity (CE), reported that a backup hard drive which contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 2,200 individuals, was lost. The PHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and clinical information. Following the incident, the CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, physical, and security safeguards to better protect its PHI. The CE also retrained its staff on the HIPAA Rules. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.