An electronic device was reportedly stolen from Irving, Texas-based Las Colinas Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, compromising 76,000 patient records.
What you should know:
1. The theft was reported to HHS' Office for Civil Rights Jan. 18.
2. A business associate was present at the time of the theft.
3. The patient information was stored in an unspecified kind of electronic portable device.
Becker's ASC Review was unable to reach a practice representative for comment at the time of publication.
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