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 1, 2015.
- Organization as reported
- Walgreen Co., IL
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Loss
- Location of information as reported
- Paper/Films
- Submission date
- May 1, 2015
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14804, row:5943)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
On March 4, 2015, the covered entity (CE), Walgreens Pharmacy, reported that it discovered its pharmacy paper log in Stafford, Texas was missing. The approximate number of individuals affected by the breach was 1,138. The protected health information (PHI) involved in the breach included patients’ prescription numbers, first and last names, dates of birth, addresses, photo identification types, and the number of individuals who picked up prescriptions. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following the breach, the CE re-trained its pharmacy staff and communicated to them the importance of safeguarding patient information. OCR obtained documentation which showed that the CE implemented the corrective actions listed.