Fire Department City of New York

Fire Department, City of New York, the covered entity (CE), reported than an employee’s personal external hard drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 10,292 individuals, was missing from its office. The ePHI involved included names, birthdates, addresses, drivers’ license information, Social Security numbers, clinical information, medications prescribed, treatment information, claims data, health insurance information, and financial information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit monitoring services to affected individuals. In its mitigation efforts, the responsible individual was sanctioned and the staff was retrained. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.