Healthcare Provider · Archived
South Texas Health System
6,761 individuals · submitted June 7, 2021
About this report
The covered entity (CE), South Texas Health System, reported that a workforce member inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 6,761 individuals to a personal email account. The CE notified HHS, affect individuals, and the media. The ePHI involved included names and treatment information. In its mitigation efforts, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its workforce members.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- South Texas Health System
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 6,761
- Submission date
- June 7, 2021
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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