Hackers Approach EHR Data in Potential Healthcare Data Violation

While a possible healthcare data violation was caused by hackers in Texas, other recent cases included stolen laptops that contained PHI.

A medical group in Texas is confronting a potential healthcare data breach that may have exposed patient and employee data after a hacking incident.

Almost 50,000 individuals were impacted by the healthcare data security event at the Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP, reported the Houston Chronicle on its website.

In a notice on its website, the Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP stated that it discovered an outside entity had accessed its computer network, which stored EHR and personnel data. The healthcare system introduced an internal investigation and hired an independent forensic expert to examine and secure the network.

Medical Colleagues of Texas, LLP found that worker and patient data, like names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance information, may have been accessed by an unauthorized party.