St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare (CA) reported to HHS OCR on 2010-04-23 a Theft affecting 22,012 individuals. 22 computers were stolen from a Clinical Management Service office; 5 contained PHI including names, dates of birth, SSNs, referral/encounter numbers, member IDs, and diagnosis/procedure codes. Breached information was located on Desktop Computers. St. Joseph notified individuals and media, installed security cameras, retrained staff, and deployed enterprise-wide encryption. OCR's investigation led to improved physical and technological safeguards.
Affected (this filing): 22,012