Health Data Breach Tracker/TX

Healthcare Provider · Archived

UT Southwestern Medical Center

15,535 individuals · submitted August 13, 2020

About this report

The covered entity (CE), UT Southwestern, reported that a workforce member sent the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 15,535 individuals to an unauthorized entity. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE retrained its staff on the proper methods of safeguarding and securing its ePHI.

Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.

Organization
UT Southwestern Medical Center
State
TX
Entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
15,535
Submission date
August 13, 2020
Breach type
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information
Other
Business associate present
No
OCR status
Archived

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