Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health & Hospital System

1,566 individuals · submitted March 23, 2021

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Dallas County Hospital District dba Parkland Health & Hospital System, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,566 individuals to the wrong recipient. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its workforce to better protect its sensitive data.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health & Hospital System
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,566
Submission date
March 23, 2021
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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