NORTH DAKOTAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)LowResolved

Medcenter One

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Severity

Low

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 17, 2011

To disclose

—

Affected

650

Confidence

98%

Full breach record for Medcenter One →

On or about October 21, 2011, MedCenter One, Inc. (ND) failed to safeguard the ePHI of approximately 650 patients when an unencrypted, password-protected laptop and a bag containing 11 patient charge tickets were stolen from an employee's vehicle. ePHI involved included demographic information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Corrective actions included encrypting all laptops, new IT security policies, staff retraining, and employee sanction. OCR obtained assurances of implementation. MedCenter One later merged with Sanford Health on July 3, 2012. Breached information located on Laptop.

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HIPAA clock✓ HHS notified

⚠ no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.

⚠ No discovery dateThe OCR public portal omits the discovery date, so the 60-day notification clock cannot be evaluated from this source — only that the filing was submitted.

Incident timeline

Oct 21, 2011

Begins

Nov 17, 2011

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed650 affectedView incident

Name: Medcenter One
norm: medcenter one
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Medcenter One
norm: medcenter one
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Oct 21, 2011
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 650nationwide
Data types: Health (basic)Identity (basic)
HHS breach type: Theft
Where the data lived: Laptop
Covered-entity type: Healthcare provider
Attack vector: Unauthorized Access
MITRE ATT&CK: T1052 Exfiltration Over Physical Medium
Threat actor: External
Regulator citations: OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions.

During the incident: CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.
CE encrypted all laptop computers.
Implemented new information technology security policies and procedures.
Retrained staff on new policies.
Sanctioned the responsible employee.
Changes made: Encrypted all laptop computers.
Implemented new IT security policies and procedures.
Staff retraining.
Employee sanction.
Source: Quoted from the filing itself, not independently verified.

Compliance flags: HHS notified
Discovery-date grounding: no discovery dateNo discovery date was extracted, so no notification clock can be evaluated.
Clock breakdown: Statute Window Elapsed Threshold Status
HIPAA
Discovered: not extracted
→ Notified: not extracted
— regulatory submission HHS notified

Statute	Window	Elapsed	Threshold	Status
HIPAA	Discovered: not extracted → Notified: not extracted	—	regulatory submission	HHS notified

Status: No extraction artifact recorded for this disclosure.

Evidence ladder

Leak-site claim

Attacker assertion only. Establishes: claim date, group, alleged victim.

Press / market report

Unlocks: incident narrative, operational impact. Still no compliance clock.

State AG / regulator filingThis record

Unlocks: discovery date, data types, affected count, compliance clock.

SEC 8-K / victim statement

Unlocks: materiality, stated response, full audit trail. Ceiling removed.

Source URL: https://ocrportal.hhs.gov/ocr/breach/breach_report.jsf
DisclosureLens renders the full SEC/HHS filing inline below from the originating regulator’s public record (§4.5 fair report privilege).
Filed at: Nov 17, 2011
Raw hash: bd17a5893cc4b5883aeadce30da80e7013d42b4f10a211daf40fe5e7335a8c2a

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Reporting entityMedcenter One

Victim entityMedcenter One

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseCE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media.

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing