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UT Southwestern Medical Center
ArchivedSubmitted 08/13/2020
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 15,535
- 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, 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.
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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