Health Data Breach Tracker/NM

Healthcare Provider · Archived

SunBridge Healthcare Corporation

1,000 individuals · submitted August 25, 2010

About this report

A BlackBerry personal digital assistant device, which stored the protected health information (PHI) of 1,000 patients, was stolen from a workforce member. The types of PHI involved in the breach included names, birthdates, diagnoses/conditions, and other treatment information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and offered identity theft protection services to the individuals. Following the breach, the CE encrypted and password protected all its Blackberry devices. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE changed its Blackberry encryption policy.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
SunBridge Healthcare Corporation
State
NM
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,000
Submission date
August 25, 2010
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other, Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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