Health Data Breach Tracker/NC

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Laboratory Corporation of America

1,580 individuals · submitted May 1, 2013

About this report

A desktop computer tagged for destruction was stolen after hours from a facility of the covered entity (CE), Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp). The computer contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI)) of approximately 1,580 individuals, including clinical and demographic information, such as diagnoses, names, social security numbers, and dates of birth. The CE provided breach notification to HHS and affected individuals. The CE also notified law enforcement and initiated an internal investigation. In coordination with OCR’s investigation, the CE retrained its employees, changed the storage location of mobile devices and computers, and updated the encryption for its desktop computers.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Laboratory Corporation of America
State
NC
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,580
Submission date
May 1, 2013
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Desktop Computer
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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