Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

McAllen Hospitals, LP d/b/a South Texas Health System

134,634 individuals · submitted March 20, 2023

About this report

The covered entity (CE), McAllen Hospitals dba South Texas Health System, reported that an employee was the subject of an email phishing scheme that affected the protected health information (PHI) of 134,634 individuals. The PHI involved included names, diagnoses, and financial and claims information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards and retrained staff on email security.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
McAllen Hospitals, LP d/b/a South Texas Health System
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
134,634
Submission date
March 20, 2023
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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