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Methodist Hospital

Disclosed Jan 25, 201016 years ago689 affectedConfirmed

Official notice

An unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from the covered entity's unlocked testing office. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 689 individuals. The protected health information involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and the age, gender, race, and medication information of affected individuals. Following the breach, the covered entity restricted the storage of electronic protected health information to network drives. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and in retraining employees. \

What is known

People affected689 (as reported to HHS)
DisclosedJan 25, 2010
AttackLost or stolen device
Data exposedNames, Health
SectorHealthcare · US
StatusConfirmed

Sources

Source
HHS OCR breach report (archive, resolved): Methodist Hospital (Healthcare Provider, TX)ocrportal.hhs.gov · Official notice

Notices filed

WhereFiledPeople
HHS archivetotalJan 25, 2010689

Other breaches at Methodist Hospital

BreachAffected
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History of this record
  • 2026-09-25 · added · backfill source

First seen 2026-09-25 (HHS archive), confirmed by HHS OCR. Record counts are as reported. Not legal advice.

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