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Praxair Healthcare Services, Inc. (Home Care Supply in NY)
ArchivedSubmitted 04/19/2010
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- CT
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 54,165
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
A laptop computer was stolen from the covered entity's office by a former employee after it had been damaged. The laptop computer contained the PHI of approximately 54,165 individuals. The computer contained a limited amount of PHI, including client names and one or more of the following: addresses, phone numbers, social security numbers, insurance provider names and policy numbers, medical diagnostic codes or medical equipment. Following the breach, the covered entity notified all affected individuals, the media, and HHS of the breach. Additionally, the covered entity completed its laptop encryption project to cover all PHI stored on computers in the office. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity reinforcing the requirements of HIPAA to its employees.
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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.