- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 4,486
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
An unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee offsite. The laptop contained the PHI of 4,486 patients. The protected health information involved in the breach contained names, addresses and procedure codes. Following the breach, the CE filed a police report, notified affected patients and notified the media. Following the discovery of the breach, the covered entity encrypted all existing laptops and implemented a policy requiring all future purchased laptops to be encrypted prior to being issued for use.
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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
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.