- State
- TX
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 4,210
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Theft
- Location of breached information
- Other Portable Electronic Device
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- 9/23/2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- 9/23/2026
OCR description
OCR opened an investigation of the covered entity (CE), North Texas Heart Center, after it reported, on behalf of its business associate (BA), Ambucor, that law enforcement discovered mobile computer drives containing the electronic protected health information (ePHI) of 4,210 individuals in connection with the activities of a former employee. The ePHI included patients’ names, dates of birth, addresses, social security numbers, laboratory results, and other treatment information. Upon discovering the breach, the BA worked with federal law enforcement to recover the mobile devices. OCR obtained a draft copy of the BA's breach notification to individuals and the media. The BA offered one year of free credit monitoring services to affected individuals. OCR initiated a separate investigation of the BA.
Change history
- 9/23/2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
Records are reproduced as published; entity names and figures are OCR's.