Health Data Breach Tracker/IL

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Northwestern Memorial HealthCare

2,813 individuals · submitted December 23, 2014

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, reported that an employee’s car was stolen. Inside was a laptop that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 2,813 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, dates of birth, health insurance information, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, law enforcement, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its policies and practices.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Northwestern Memorial HealthCare
State
IL
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,813
Submission date
December 23, 2014
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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