Healthcare Provider · Archived
CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
5,748 individuals · submitted November 16, 2012
About this report
On September 25, 2012, an employee lost an unsecured flash drive which contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,748 individuals. The types of ePHI involved in the breach included financial, demographic, and clinical information. The hospital provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the discovery of the incident, the hospital revised its HIPAA policy, implemented an encryption solution for media storage devices, and retrained the involved employee. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- CHRISTUS St. John Hospital
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 5,748
- Submission date
- November 16, 2012
- Breach type
- Loss
- Location of information
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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