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Breach notice filed by CHRISTUS St. John Hospital (November 2012)

Organization named: CHRISTUS St. John Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Loss

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 Nov. 16, 2012.

Organization as reported
CHRISTUS St. John Hospital, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Nov. 16, 2012
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15537, row:6676)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

On September 25, 2012, an employee lost an unsecured flash drive which contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 5,748 individuals. The types of ePHI involved in the breach included financial, demographic, and clinical information. The hospital provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the discovery of the incident, the hospital revised its HIPAA policy, implemented an encryption solution for media storage devices, and retrained the involved employee. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 5,748 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 16, 2012, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 15537)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • CHRISTUS St. John Hospital 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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