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Breach notice filed by Baylor College of Medicine (July 2010)

Organization named: Baylor College of Medicine Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of July 30, 2010.

Organization as reported
Baylor College of Medicine, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Laptop
Submission date
July 30, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16010, row:7149)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from an administrative office. The laptop contained the protected health information (PHI) of approximately 1,618 patients (originally reported as 1,646). The types of PHI involved in the breach included the demographic and clinical information of pediatric cardiology patients, including names, medical record numbers, dates of service, diagnoses, and dates of birth. Following the breach, the covered entity (CE), Texas Children’s Hospital, and Baylor College of Medicine (which filed a separate breach report) jointly notified the affected individuals and the local media after a delay due to a law enforcement request. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE revised several information technology policies and modified physical safeguards.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 1,646 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date July 30, 2010, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 16010)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Baylor College of Medicine Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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