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UT Southwestern Medical Center
ArchivedSubmitted 02/05/2021
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 3,640
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Other
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), UT Southwestern Medical Center, reported that an employee sent an email to its business associate (BA) without a business associate agreement (BAA) in place. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 3,640 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its workforce members on the importance of having a BAA in place prior to disclosing ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.
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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