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Breach notice filed by UT Southwestern Medical Center (February 2021)

Organization named: UT Southwestern Medical Center 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 OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) with a submission date of Feb. 5, 2021.

Organization as reported
UT Southwestern Medical Center, TX
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Other
Submission date
Feb. 5, 2021
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 12364, row:3503)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), UT Southwestern Medical Center, reported that an employee sent an email to its business associate (BA) without a business associate agreement (BAA) in place. This breach affected the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of approximately 3,640 individuals. The ePHI involved included names and email addresses. The CE notified HHS and affected individuals. In response to the breach, the CE strengthened its administrative safeguards and retrained its workforce members on the importance of having a BAA in place prior to disclosing ePHI. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted.

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

Figures, per source

  • 3,640 individuals affected (total reported), as reported by the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), source date Feb. 5, 2021, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

Source dates are the dates the sources give. Observation dates are when BreachRecords recorded each revision.

  • Submission date at the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 12364)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center 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, from the HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals), retrieved 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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