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Breach notice filed by Cook Children's Medical Center (August 2020)

Organization named: Cook Children's Medical Center 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 Aug. 17, 2020.

Organization as reported
Cook Children's Medical Center, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Loss
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
Aug. 17, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12742, row:3881)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Cook Children’s Medical Center, reported that it lost a box of discs containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 2,827 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and clinical and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE implemented additional administrative, technical, and security safeguards to protect its ePHI. All staff members were retrained.

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

Figures, per source

  • 2,827 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Aug. 17, 2020, 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 12742)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Cook Children's Medical Center 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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