A laptop computer containing more than 660 patient names and diagnostic information was stolen last month from Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center in Downey, Los Angeles County health officials confirmed Friday.
At least 667 patient records were on the stolen laptop, which included names, dates of birth and medical record information, said county Department of Health Services spokesman Michael Wilson.
The laptop was not encrypted, and had been attached to a complex piece of diagnostic machinery that performs electromyographies.
Staff members at the county-run hospital became aware of the stolen laptop Feb. 24, Wilson said, and letters have since been sent alerting patients affected by the theft.
Read more in the L.A. Times.
I do not see any statement on their web site at this time or on L.A. Dept. of Health Services site. Nor has the incident shown up on HHS’s breach tool yet.