MICHIGANPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Henry Ford Hospital

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

—

Filed

Nov 15, 2010

To disclose

—

Affected

3,700

Confidence

97%

Full breach record for Henry Ford Hospital →2 incidents on file

Henry Ford Hospital (part of Henry Ford Health System) reported to HHS OCR on 2010-11-15 a Theft incident affecting 3,700 individuals. On September 24, 2010, a laptop was stolen from an unlocked office while an employee attended a meeting. The breached PHI included clinical and demographic information (health_basic, identity_basic) stored on a Laptop. The CE sanctioned the employee, deployed encryption licenses, and implemented an encrypted flash-drive program. OCR consolidated this into an existing CE investigation and obtained corrective-action assurances.

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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

Sep 24, 2010

Begins

Nov 15, 2010

Filed

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed3,700 affectedView incident

Name: Henry Ford Hospital
norm: henry ford hospital
Industry: Health Care Services

Name: Henry Ford Hospital
norm: henry ford hospital
Industry: Health Care Services
Industry: Healthcaresource default

Discovered: Not extracted — the OCR public portal omits it
Breach occurred: Sep 24, 2010
Materiality determined: —
Notification sent: —
Affected individuals: 3,700nationwide
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: HHS OCR investigation — case consolidated into existing investigation of covered entityOCR provided substantial technical assistance on Security Rule Risk Analysis requirementsOCR obtained documented assurances of corrective action steps
Initial access: insider_action

During the incident: Employee sanctioned based on severity of noncompliance
Encryption process implemented; 2,000 additional encryption licenses purchased
Program for receiving and using encrypted flash drives implemented on March 14, 2011
Breach notification sent to affected individuals, media, and HHS
Changes made: Committed to creating a more robust asset management program within 6–8 months
Committed to completing an enterprise data mapping and asset inventory
Agreed to submit a fully executed BAA to OCR upon MSA/SOW signature for data mapping vendor
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 15, 2010
Raw hash: 927d636a504506d1ba712659d5cbb4f7c57df30e7c701086474403a1975ea4a5

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Reporting entityHenry Ford Hospital

Victim entityHenry Ford Hospital

IncidentUnauthorized Access

Stated responseEmployee sanctioned based on severity of noncompliance

ComplianceHHS notified

Extraction provenanceno artifact recorded

Source provenanceocrportal.hhs.gov

Source filing