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 Jan. 20, 2017.
- Organization as reported
- Wonderful Center For Health Innovation, CA
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Jan. 20, 2017
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14294, row:5433)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE) reported a breach of 3,091 individuals’ electronic protected health information (ePHI), after a laptop computer was stolen from a workforce member’s unlocked car between December 9, 2016 and December 12, 2016. The types of ePHI involved in the breach included diagnoses or conditions, lab results, medications, and other treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. It provided OCR with evidence that it responded to the security incident and implemented physical and technical security safeguards, updated its security analysis, sanctioned the workforce members, and trained the entire staff. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.