Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Brooke Army Medical Center

1,000 individuals · submitted October 21, 2009

About this report

A binder containing the protected health information (PHI) of up to 1,272 individuals was stolen from a staff member's vehicle. The PHI included names, telephone numbers, detailed treatment notes, and possibly social security numbers. In response to the breach, the covered entity (CE) sanctioned the workforce member and developed a new policy requiring on-call staff members to submit any information created during their shifts to the main office instead of adding it to the binder. Following OCR's investigation, the CE notified the local media about the breach.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Brooke Army Medical Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,000
Submission date
October 21, 2009
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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