Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ambercare Corporation, Inc.

2,284 individuals · submitted July 27, 2018

About this report

An unencrypted laptop was stolen from the vehicle of a workforce member of the covered entity (CE), Ambercare Corporation. The types of protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, dates of birth, and treatment information of approximately 2,284 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards, updated its policies and procedures, and trained its workforce members on better practices to safeguard PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ambercare Corporation, Inc.
State
NM
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,284
Submission date
July 27, 2018
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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