TEXASHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Mar 17, 2017bd_1b759f7b196e1ff2
Houston Methodist Hospital reported to HHS on 2017-03-17 a Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1417 individuals. Breached information located on Email. A workforce member erroneously sent an email disclosing the protected health information (PHI) of 1,417 patients to other patients listed on the email. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the incident, the CE implemented an additional technical safeguard to prevent similar situations and re-trained its workforce members on the proper use of email when communicating with patients.
Affected (this filing): 1,417
HHS notified