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 March 25, 2024.
- Organization as reported
- Baytown Medical Center, L.P., TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Network Server
- Submission date
- March 25, 2024
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10042, row:1181)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Baytown Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported that its business associate (BA) inadvertently made the protected health information (PHI) of 1,500 individuals viewable over the Internet. The PHI involved included names, dates of service, and diagnosis codes. The CE notified HHS, the affected individuals, the media, and provided substitute notice. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE and BA implemented administrative and technical safeguards to better protect sensitive data.