- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 3,350
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), North Texas Medical Center, inadvertently provided two unredacted e-mails to a member of the public in response to a public information act request that was made under state law. The incident compromised the protected health information (PHI) of 3,368 individuals and included demographic and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals and the media. Following the breach, the CE updated its policies and training to its workforce members to prevent a similar event from occurring in the future. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented these corrective actions.
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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