Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Original Medicine Acupuncture & Wellness, LLC

540 individuals · submitted November 21, 2012

About this report

Two laptop computers containing the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 540 individuals were stolen during a break-in at the offices of the covered entity (CE), Original Medicine Acupuncture & Wellness. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the incident, the CE upgraded its security system and reduced the number of computers that maintains PHI. OCR reviewed copies of the CE’s relevant HIPAA policies and procedures.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Original Medicine Acupuncture & Wellness, LLC
State
NM
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
540
Submission date
November 21, 2012
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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