HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Jan. 25, 2011.
- Organization as reported
- Baylor Heart and Vascular Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other, Other Portable Electronic Device
- Submission date
- Jan. 25, 2011
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15903, row:7042)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
A portable ultrasound machine containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 8,241 individuals was stolen from the covered entity's (CE) facility. The ePHI involved in the breach included patient names, dates of birth, and limited health information. Upon discovery of the breach, the CE conducted a privacy and security assessment of its portable machines to identify vulnerabilities. Following OCR's investigation, the CE updated its privacy and security policies, retrained its employees, and increased physical security to ensure reasonable safeguards.