Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Cook Children's Medical Center

2,827 individuals · submitted August 17, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Cook Children’s Medical Center, reported that it lost a box of discs containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,827 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to protect its ePHI. All staff members were retrained.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Cook Children's Medical Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,827
Submission date
August 17, 2020
Breach type
Loss
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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