Healthcare Provider · Archived
San Francisco VA Health Care System
735 individuals · submitted November 29, 2019
About this report
The San Francisco VA Healthcare System, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) left a bag containing protected health information (PHI) and an unencrypted thumb drive in a public area. The bag was stolen. This breach affected the PHI of 941 individuals. The PHI involved included names, phone numbers, addresses, medical diagnoses, and Social Security numbers. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach incident, the BA retrained its staff on the proper methods of securing protected health information.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- San Francisco VA Health Care System
- State
- CA
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 735
- Submission date
- November 29, 2019
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Other, Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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