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Breach notice filed by Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates (April 2018)

Organization named: Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

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 30, 2018.

Organization as reported
Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Email
Submission date
April 30, 2018
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13833, row:4972)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

A workforce member of the covered Entity (CE), Medical Center Ophthalmology Associates, sent a mass email to patients, in lieu of using its patient portal, and accidentally disclosed the patients’ email addresses in the “Cc” field instead of the “Bcc” field. The protected health information involved included the email addresses of approximately 3,017 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the CE sanctioned the involved workforce member and retrained employees. OCR confirmed the CE had policies and procedures in place prior to the breach and obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed above.

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

Figures, per source

  • 3,017 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date April 30, 2018, 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 13833)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

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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