Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.

21,000 individuals · submitted March 10, 2010

About this report

Three unencrypted external back-up drives were stolen from a safe in the covered entity's locked office. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 21,000 individuals. The protected health information involved in the breach included names, addresses phone numbers, dates of birth, social security numbers, insurance information, and treatment histories. Following the breach, the covered entity moved back-up data offsite and encrypted all workstations. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and in retraining employees. \

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Ernest T. Bice, Jr. DDS, P.A.
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
21,000
Submission date
March 10, 2010
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other, Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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