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 Oct. 14, 2020.
- Organization as reported
- Heavenly Hands Family Medical Clinic, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Oct. 14, 2020
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12589, row:3728)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Heavenly Hands Family Medical Clinic, reported that its business associate (BA) accessed it's electronic health record system that contained the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,837 individuals, without proper authorization. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial information, health insurance information, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative and technical safeguards and terminated its agreement with the BA.