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Dallas County Hospital District d/b/a Parkland Health & Hospital System
ArchivedSubmitted 03/23/2021
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,566
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Dallas County Hospital District dba Parkland Health & Hospital System, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,566 individuals to the wrong recipient. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its workforce to better protect its sensitive data.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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