Health Plan · Archived
City of Houston Medical Plan
34,637 individuals · submitted March 22, 2018
About this report
The City of Houston Medical Plan, the covered entity (CE), reported that a laptop containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 34,637 individuals, was stolen from the car of an employee. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, lab results, medications, and diagnoses. In response to this breach incident, the CE notified OCR, affected individuals, and the media. Additionally, the CE updated its policies regarding the retention of records, sanctioned the workforce member involved, and improved technical safeguards to prevent similar incidents.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- City of Houston Medical Plan
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Health Plan
- Individuals affected
- 34,637
- Submission date
- March 22, 2018
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Laptop
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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