Healthcare Provider · Archived
Houston Methodist Hospital
1,987 individuals · submitted April 17, 2020
About this report
The covered entity (CE), Houston Methodist Hospital, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of a burglary in which external storage drives were stolen. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,987 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA’s employees were retrained on the proper methods of securing ePHI.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Houston Methodist Hospital
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,987
- Submission date
- April 17, 2020
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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