Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Health Plan · Archived

Texas Health and Human Services Commission

1,696 individuals · submitted September 9, 2011

About this report

An unencrypted laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle. The laptop contained the ePHI of 1,696 patients. The information at issue included patient names, dates of birth, gender, Medicaid identification numbers, procedure codes and diagnosis. Following discovery of the breach, the CE notified affected patients and notified the media. Following the breach, the CE confirmed encryption of laptops per CE's policy and sanctioned three involved employees. \

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
State
TX
Entity type
Health Plan
Individuals affected
1,696
Submission date
September 9, 2011
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Laptop
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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