Health Data Breach Tracker/MI

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Nihal Saran, MD

2,300 individuals · submitted June 4, 2010

About this report

A password protected laptop computer containing protected health information (PHI) was stolen from Dr. Saran's personal residence. The laptop contained the PHI of approximately 2,300 individuals. The PHI stored on the laptop included patients' names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, insurance information, and diagnoses. Following the breach, Dr. Saran notified the Northville Township Police Department of the theft, contacted the individuals reasonably believed to have been affected by the breach, sent a notice of the breach to the Detroit Free Press and the Monroe News, and installed encryption software for its billing software. \

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Nihal Saran, MD
State
MI
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,300
Submission date
June 4, 2010
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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