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 26, 2012.
- Organization as reported
- Titus Regional Medical Center, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- May 26, 2012
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15618, row:6757)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
Titus Regional Medical Center, the covered entity (CE), reported the theft of the protected health information (PHI) of an undetermined number of individuals from an offsite storage location. The PHI involved in the breach included first and last names, medical record numbers, account numbers, and in some cases, doctor’s reports. The CE filed a police report and provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE also provided additional training to the involved employees. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE conducted a risk assessment and implemented additional safeguards for records contained in the storage location.