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 Oct. 26, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Walmart, Inc., AR
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Oct. 26, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 11837, row:2976)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Walmart, reported that a laptop containing the protected health information (PHI) of 828 individuals was lost. The PHI involved included names, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its physical security measures and retrained its workforce members on policies and procedures to safeguard PHI.