Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Texas Health Physicians Group

3,808 individuals · submitted April 13, 2018

About this report

Texas Health Physicians Group, the covered entity (CE), reported that an unauthorized third party gained access to some of its e-mail accounts, affecting 3,808 individuals. The types of protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included demographic and clinical information. Following the breach, the CE notified HHS, the affected individuals and the media. The CE also implemented technical safeguards to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Texas Health Physicians Group
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
3,808
Submission date
April 13, 2018
Breach type
Hacking/IT Incident
Location of information
Email
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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