The covered entity (CE), Dallas County Hospital District dba Parkland Health & Hospital System, reported that an employee inadvertently emailed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,566 individuals to the wrong recipient. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and lab results. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. In response to the breach, the CE sanctioned the responsible employee and retrained its workforce to better protect its sensitive data.
