Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Memorial Hermann Health System

604 individuals · submitted May 13, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Memorial Hermann Health System reported that an employee fraudulently used the financial information of its patients for his/her own personal use. This breach affected approximately 604 individuals. The employee was sanctioned and the CE upgraded its software to more effectively safeguard PHI. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Memorial Hermann Health System
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
604
Submission date
May 13, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Electronic Medical Record, Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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