Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Las Colinas Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, PA

76,000 individuals · submitted January 18, 2019

About this report

On November 20, 2018, the covered entity’s (CE) business associate (BA), Zthernet, discovered that a workforce member’s unencrypted data drive was stolen from the workforce member’s vehicle. The stolen drive contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 76,000 individuals, including patients’ names and dates of birth. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Las Colinas Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, PA
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
76,000
Submission date
January 18, 2019
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other Portable Electronic Device
Business associate present
Yes
OCR status
Archived

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