Healthcare Provider · Archived
City of Dallas Fire-Rescue Department
1,000 individuals · submitted October 15, 2014
About this report
Multiple laptop computers containing EKG strips were lost, stolen, or unaccounted for from the covered entity (CE), City of Dallas Fire-Rescue Department. The electronic protected health information (ePHI) on the laptops included EKG strips in addition to the names, addresses, medical history, diagnoses, dates of birth, and the social security numbers of approximately 1,000 individuals. Upon discovering the breach, the CE formed a breach assessment team to review and address investigation findings. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE improved physical security to address deficiencies within its system. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- City of Dallas Fire-Rescue Department
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,000
- Submission date
- October 15, 2014
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Laptop
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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