Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

City of Hope National Medical Center

5,900 individuals · submitted November 23, 2009

About this report

A laptop computer was stolen from a workforce member's car. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 5,900 individuals. Following the breach, the covered entity encrypted all protected health information stored on lap tops. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and retraining employees. \

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
City of Hope National Medical Center
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
5,900
Submission date
November 23, 2009
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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