Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Harris County Hospital District d/b/a Harris Health System

2,298 individuals · submitted February 27, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Harris County Hospital District dba Harris Health System, reported that an employee lost two envelopes containing the protected health information (PHI) of 2,298 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, birthdates, Social Security numbers, diagnoses, medications prescribed, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative and physical safeguards to prevent future incidents of this nature.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Harris County Hospital District d/b/a Harris Health System
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
2,298
Submission date
February 27, 2020
Breach type
Loss
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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