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Breach notice filed by Houston Methodist Hospital (April 2020)

Organization named: Houston Methodist Hospital Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Theft

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 April 17, 2020.

Organization as reported
Houston Methodist Hospital, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Other Portable Electronic Device
Submission date
April 17, 2020
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12911, row:4050)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), Houston Methodist Hospital, reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) was the victim of a burglary in which external storage drives were stolen. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 1,987 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, dates of birth, and other treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In response to the breach, the BA’s employees were retrained on the proper methods of securing ePHI.

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

Figures, per source

  • 1,987 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 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 12911)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • Houston Methodist 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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