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LOUISIANAPhysicalHealthcareHealthcareTheftCustomer Data InvolvedHealth (basic)Identity (basic)MediumResolved

Ochsner Health System

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Severity

Medium

Discovered

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Filed

Feb 20, 2012

To disclose

—

Affected

2,088

Confidence

96%
Full breach record for Ochsner Health System →2 incidents on file

Ochsner Health System (LA) reported to HHS OCR on 2012-02-20 a Loss affecting 2,088 individuals. An external hard drive was stolen from the radiology department. The ePHI included names, addresses, dates of birth, and medical record numbers. The covered entity notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented corrective actions including improved technical safeguards and updated policies and procedures. Breached information located on Other Portable Electronic Device.

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 — partial

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Breach window unknown

Feb 20, 2012

Filed

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No filing yet · watching

Compliance clocks stay unassessable until a regulatory filing lands. Dashed segments fill in automatically when corroboration arrives.

Tracked as a single-filing incident — the only disclosure on record for this event so far.Confirmed2,088 affectedView incident

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.