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Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group
ArchivedSubmitted 10/10/2025
Updated 12 hours ago ()
- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 2,329
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
The covered entity (CE), Houston Methodist Specialty Physician Group, reported that an employee mailed the protected health information of 2,329 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals and the media. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the employee involved and retrained its workforce members to better protect its PHI.
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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