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Children's Medical Clinics of East Texas
ArchivedSubmitted 10/28/2015
Updated 13 hours ago ()
- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 16,000
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Desktop Computer
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
A workforce member of Children’s Medical Clinics of East Texas, the covered entity (CE), took pictures of protected health information (PHI) displayed on a workstation computer and disclosed the pictures to a former workforce member. The PHI potentially included names, dates of birth, and the diagnoses and treatment information of 15,916 individuals. Upon discovering the breach, the CE filed a police report. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also improved physical security, administrative and technical safeguards and retrained staff. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.
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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