Montefiore Medical Center

About this report

An unencrypted laptop computer containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 625 individuals was stolen from the covered entity's (CE) mobile dental van. The ePHI included names, dates of birth, medical record numbers and dental x-rays. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE filed a police report and provided breach notification to HHS, the media and affected individuals. As a result of OCR's investigation, the CE revised its procedures so that all ePHI is stored in a data center, rather than the mobile dental van laptop. In addition, the CE encrypted all mobile dental van laptops and improved physical security for the van. The CE developed a new policy on ePHI security and retrained all staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.