Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Denton Heart Group - Affiliate of HealthTexas Provider Network

21,665 individuals · submitted March 10, 2017

About this report

An unauthorized individual stole the external computer hard drive of the covered entity (CE), Denton Heart Group. The protected health information (PHI) potentially affected included the names, addresses, dates of birth, and social security numbers of approximately 21,556 individuals. As a result of the breach, the CE improved safeguards and trained its workforce members on better practices to protect PHI. Further, the CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Denton Heart Group - Affiliate of HealthTexas Provider Network
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
21,665
Submission date
March 10, 2017
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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