Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Texas Children's Hospital

597 individuals · submitted December 16, 2019

About this report

The covered entity (CE), Texas Children’s Hospital, reported that a printing error caused protected health information (PHI) to be mailed to the wrong recipients. This breach affected the PHI of 597 individuals. The PHI involved included names and addresses. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative safeguards and retrained its staff.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Texas Children's Hospital
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
597
Submission date
December 16, 2019
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Paper/Films
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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