Stolen Hard Drive Contained PHI of 76,000 Texas Patients

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https://www.hipaajournal.com/phi-76000-texas-patients-stolen-hard-drive/

By HIPAA Journal
Jan 25, 2019

All-Star Orthopaedics is alerting patients of Irving, TX-based Las Colinas 
Orthopedic Surgery & Sports Medicine, PA, that some of their protected health 
information (PHI) was stored on a hard drive that has been stolen.

The hard drive contained X-ray and other diagnostic images of 76,000 patients, 
along with patients' names and dates of birth. While the hard drive was not 
encrypted, special software is required to access the images. The image files 
would need to be opened in order to see patients’ names and dates of birth.

The hard drive was stolen on November 20, 2018. The theft was reported to the 
Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights on January 18, 
2019 and breach notification letters have now been sent to all affected 
patients.

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