Larsen Dental Care

An unencrypted external hard drive containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,900 individuals was stolen from a workforce member’s vehicle. The ePHI involved in the breach included names, addresses, dates of birth, email addresses, telephone numbers, dental records, medical history, health insurance numbers, and social security numbers. The covered entity (CE), Larson Dental Care LLC, provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media, and also posted notice online. Following the breach, the CE terminated the employment of the responsible workforce member. It also conducted a new risk assessment, implemented new security and privacy policies, including device and media control policies, and retrained staff. The CE improved safeguards by encrypting all computers and mobile devices containing ePHI and installing comprehensive security upgrades to its computer network. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented these corrective actions.