Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Lubbock County Hospital District

1,461,776 individuals · submitted November 22, 2024

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Lubbock County Hospital District dba UMC Health System, reported that it experienced a ransomware incident that affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,461,776 individuals. The ePHI involved included clinical and demographic information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards, and retrained workforce members to better protect its PHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Lubbock County Hospital District
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,461,776
Submission date
November 22, 2024
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Network Server
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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