Hundreds of private medical records found scattered on Midtown sidewalk in Houston

[TexasTowelie]

HOUSTON — Several prominent Houston-area hospitals are notifying patients about a breach after medical records were found scattered on a sidewalk in Midtown by a KHOU 11 employee.

KHOU 11 News launched an investigation after discovering the hundreds of documents contained private information that included patients’ names, dates of birth, diagnoses, treatment, medication lists, vital signs and admission dates.

The records involve approximately 1,800 patients of MD Anderson Cancer Center, LBJ Hospital, Memorial Hermann Hospital, Children’s Memorial Hermann, and TIRR Memorial Hermann.

The records were stolen from the trunk of a medical resident’s locked vehicle in July, according to officials with UTHealth.

Read more: https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/hundreds-of-private-medical-records-found-scattered-on-midtown-sidewalk/285-600214249

[CloudWatcher]

1. Records for 1,800 patients ... in a car trunk?

The records were stolen from the trunk of a medical resident’s locked vehicle in July
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The recent graduate didn’t notify police about the burglary until after a KHOU reporter contacted him.
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It’s not clear how or why a resident would take medical records out of the hospitals.

The records were taken in July and not reported stolen? Something smells. I think the original theft might have been when this resident took the records and stashed them in their car.