Healthcare Provider · Archived
NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group Practice
8,488 individuals · submitted July 23, 2012
About this report
The covered entity (CE), NYU School of Medicine - Faculty Group Practice, reported that an employee’s unencrypted desktop computer containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 8,488 individuals, was stolen. The ePHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, telephone numbers, clinical information, health insurance information, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE inventoried all desktop computers, mapped and removed data from vulnerable computers, and retrained its staff. Additional administrative safeguards were implemented to better protect its sensitive data. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- NYU School of Medicine Faculty Group Practice
- State
- NY
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 8,488
- Submission date
- July 23, 2012
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Desktop Computer
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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