Healthcare Provider · Archived
Lone Star Circle of Care
1,955 individuals · submitted June 28, 2013
About this report
On June 28, 2013, the covered entity (CE), Lone Star Circle of Care, reported a breach when a work force member’s car was broken into and an unencrypted, password-protected laptop computer was stolen. The protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included the financial and clinical information of 1,955 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE encrypted all of its laptops and revised its policies for storing PHI on hard drives and other mobile devices. Additionally, the CE retrained staff on its privacy and security policies. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Lone Star Circle of Care
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,955
- Submission date
- June 28, 2013
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Laptop
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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