- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,233
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Loss
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
On February 24, 2015, the covered entity (CE), Valley Community Healthcare, discovered that a laptop computer connected to the EKG/ECG machine was missing, and it was never recovered. The password protected, unencrypted laptop contained the demographic information of 1,233 individuals The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE evaluated the threats and vulnerabilities to its electronic protected health information. In addition, the CE implemented encryption pursuant to the Security Rule and increased the frequency of emails reminding employees to change their passwords. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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