Healthcare Provider · Archived
California Correctional Health Care Services
400,000 individuals · submitted May 15, 2016
About this report
The covered entity, California Correctional Health Care Services, reported that a password protected, but unencrypted laptop computer, was stolen from a workforce member’s car. The CE reported that the electronic protected health information (ePHI) consisted of custody and care information of 400,000 patients. The ePHI may have included confidential medical, mental health and custodial information. The CE issued breach notification letters to affected parties, the media, as well as OCR. As a result of the investigation, the CE implemented periodic technical and non-technical evaluations, revised policies and procedures, sanctioned the workforce member, and retrained its workforce. The CE also encrypted its laptop computers.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- California Correctional Health Care Services
- State
- CA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 400,000
- Submission date
- May 15, 2016
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Laptop
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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