Healthcare Provider · Archived
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
500 individuals · submitted September 18, 2018
About this report
The covered entity (CE), The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, reported that documents containing protected health information (PHI) were stolen from an employee’s vehicle. This breach affected 1,792 individuals and the PHI involved included names, birthdates, diagnoses, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and local law enforcement. Substitute notice was also provided. Following the incident, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee, implemented additional administrative safeguards, and retrained its employees on the importance of safeguarding PHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 500
- Submission date
- September 18, 2018
- Breach type
- Theft
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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