FEDERALHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Nov 21, 2012bd_301d154a5a421189
Digital Archive Management (BA for El Centro Regional Medical Center, TX) reported to HHS on 2012-11-21 an Improper Disposal and Theft breach affecting 501 individuals. Breached information located on Network Server and Paper/Films (radiology film jackets and reports). The BA abandoned hard-copy radiology jackets and reports at a locked CE facility and failed to digitize/destroy records per the BAA; missing films were later found in an abandoned Nevada facility by the FBI. PHI included names, dates of birth, diagnoses, and conditions.
Affected (this filing): 501
HHS notified