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Methodist Charlton Medical Center

ArchivedSubmitted 05/05/2011
State
TX
Covered entity type
Healthcare Provider
Individuals affected
1,500
Business associate present
No
Type of breach
Theft
Location of breached information
Laptop
First seen by InfoSec Signals
9/23/2026
Last seen in OCR export
9/23/2026

OCR description

An unencrypted laptop was stolen from a locked office in the hospital. The laptop contained the PHI of 1523 patients. The protected health information involved in the breach contained demographic and clinical data. Following the breach, the CE filed a police report, notified affected patients and notified the media. Additionally, the CE expanded its encryption policy to include more laptops and implemented additional physical safeguards. \

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.

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