Texas HIPAA blunder affects 277K

In the biggest HIPAA privacy breach of 2013 – and among the largest to date – Texas Health Harris Methodist Fort Worth is notifying some 277,000 patients that their protected health information has been compromised after several hospital microfilms, which were supposed to be destroyed, were found in various public locations.

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From: http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/texas-hipaa-breach-blunder-affects-277k