Healthcare Provider · Archived
University of Kentucky - UK HealthCare
3,604 individuals · submitted July 28, 2011
About this report
An unencrypted company laptop computer was stolen from the car of an employee of the covered entity (CE). The laptop contained the protected health information (PHI) of 3,604 individuals and included names, dates of birth, social security numbers, medical record numbers, and diagnoses. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, the media, and affected individuals. In response to this incident, the CE implemented a policy requiring encryption on all laptops containing PHI. The CE also provided employee training regarding mobile device encryption and refresher training on HIPAA. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- University of Kentucky - UK HealthCare
- State
- KY
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 3,604
- Submission date
- July 28, 2011
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Laptop
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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