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. 19, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, NY
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Laptop
- Submission date
- Oct. 19, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14686, row:5825)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Woodhull Medical and Mental Health Center, reported that a laptop was stolen that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,581 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, gender, clinical information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional physical and technical safeguards. The CE also provided security awareness training to all workforce members.