- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 900
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Laptop
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
An unencrypted laptop computer containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 900 patients was stolen from one of the covered entity's (CE) facilities. The ePHI included demographic and clinical data. Following the breach, the CE filed a police report and notified affected patients, HHS and the media. Following OCR's investigation, the CE required all business units to identify any devices that contain PHI and revised procedures for future computer purchases. The CE also implemented physical and technical safeguards for all testing devices that contain ePHI and replaced outdated machines that could not be encrypted. Additionally, the CE revised existing physician agreements to disallow the use of equipment containing ePHI that is not encrypted. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective action listed above.
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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
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.