A clinical employee of Houston Texas Memorial Hermann Health System accessed all 10,604 patients' electronic medical records outside of the employee's normal job duties for over six years from December 2007 to July 2014.  Outside e-Forensic experts were brought in to assess the breadth of the damage while the employee's privileges to the medical record system was disabled.

The data involved in the breach varies from medical records and insurance information all the way to financials such as credit cards or bank account information.  A spokesperson for Memorial Herman emphasizes that they do not believe malice was involved.  As required, the incident has been reported both to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Texas Attorney General's office.  They have also setup a call center through a credit monitoring service.