HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Feb. 16, 2021.
- Organization as reported
- Steward West Division – AR/LA/TX ACE, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Electronic Medical Record
- Submission date
- Feb. 16, 2021
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12351, row:3490)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity (CE), Steward West Division-AR/LA/TX ACE, reported that an employee impermissibly accessed the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 877 individuals. The ePHI involved included names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and provided complimentary credit and identity theft restoration services. In addition, a toll-free phone number was set up for questions or concerns. In response to the breach, the CE implemented an additional technical safeguard to better protect its ePHI.