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Breach notice filed by The Methodist Hospital (January 2010)

Organization named: The 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 Jan. 25, 2010.

Organization as reported
The Methodist Hospital, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Theft
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
Jan. 25, 2010
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 16104, row:7243)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

An unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from the covered entity's unlocked testing office. The laptop computer contained the protected health information of approximately 689 individuals. The protected health information involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and the age, gender, race, and medication information of affected individuals. Following the breach, the covered entity restricted the storage of electronic protected health information to network drives. Additionally, OCR's investigation resulted in the covered entity improving their physical safeguards and in retraining employees. \

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

Figures, per source

  • 689 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Jan. 25, 2010, 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 16104)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • The 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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