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 13, 2023.
- Organization as reported
- East Houston Medicine and Pediatrics Clinic, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- July 13, 2023
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 10601, row:1740)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), East Houston Medicine and Pediatrics Clinic, reported that the protected health information (PHI) of 13,184 individuals was left in an abandoned self-storage unit that was subsequently auctioned to a private individual. The PHI involved included demographic, clinical, and financial information. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. OCR provided technical assistance regarding the HIPAA Privacy and Breach Notification Rules.