Denton Heart Group, located throughout Dallas, has notified 21,665 patients that their protected health information has been compromised as a result of the theft of a hard drive from a locked closet.

The hard drive that was in the closet contained the group’s backup data from the practice’s electronic health system—which included apparently of all

In a rare move by the OCR, it assessed a $3.2 million fine against Children’s Medical Center of Dallas (Children’s) after it issued a Notice of Proposed Determination against Children’s and Children’s failed to request a hearing.

The Notice was issued following the OCR’s investigation of two self-reported data breaches. The first involved the theft