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 Aug. 31, 2016.
- Organization as reported
- Willow Bend Dental, TX
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Theft
- Location of information as reported
- Other
- Submission date
- Aug. 31, 2016
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 14439, row:5578)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
The covered entity, (CE), Willow Bend Dental, reported that on or about August 09, 2016, while in the process of transporting boxes of old patient charts for disposal, a locked trailer containing boxes of patient charts was stolen from the CE's parking lot. These charts contained approximately 625 patients’ protected health information (PHI) including diagnoses, lab results, and medications. In response to the incident the CE immediately alerted the authorities and by September 1, 2016, had recovered all records believed to be involved in the incident. As a result of this breach, the CE retrained all workforce members regarding the uses and disclosures of PHI and on its revised record retention and disposal policy. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals and the media. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.