- State
- CA
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,787
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Other
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), American Sleep Medicine of San Diego, California reported a breach of 1,787 individuals’ electronic protected health information (ePHI), as a result of a stolen backup computer hard drive. The hard drive contained names, birthdates, medical histories, physicians' names, and study results. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE improved physical safeguards, conducted a new security analysis, revised policies and procedures, and trained its workforce. As a result of OCR’s investigation OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Security Rule.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.