Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

Titus Regional Medical Center

500 individuals · submitted May 26, 2012

About this report

Titus Regional Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported the theft of the protected health information (PHI) of an undetermined number of individuals from an offsite storage location. The PHI involved in the breach included first and last names, medical record numbers, account numbers, and in some cases, doctor’s reports. The CE filed a police report and provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided additional training to the involved employees. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE conducted a risk assessment and implemented additional safeguards for records contained in the storage location.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
Titus Regional Medical Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
500
Submission date
May 26, 2012
Breach type
Theft
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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