Health Data Breach Tracker/CA

Healthcare Provider · Archived

County of Los Angeles

743 individuals · submitted August 30, 2016

About this report

Paper documents were stolen from an employee car, while off-site. The paper documents contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 743 individuals. The types of PHI involved in the breach included first and last names, dates of birth, medical record numbers, telephone numbers, gender information, names of treatment clinics, appointment types, date and time of appointment(s), and reasons for the examination and/or diagnosis. Following the breach, the covered entity (CE) notified local law enforcement and re-trained staff. 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
County of Los Angeles
State
CA
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
743
Submission date
August 30, 2016
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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