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 May 13, 2019.
- Organization as reported
- Memorial Hermann Health System, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record, Email
- Submission date
- May 13, 2019
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13409, row:4548)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Memorial Hermann Health System reported that an employee fraudulently used the financial information of its patients for his/her own personal use. This breach affected approximately 604 individuals. The employee was sanctioned and the CE upgraded its software to more effectively safeguard PHI. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.