Arkansas Heart Hospital Data Breach Investigation
Strauss Borrelli PLLC, a leading data breach law firm, is investigating Arkansas Heart Hospital regarding its recent data breach. The Arkansas Heart Hospital data breach involved sensitive personal information and protected health information belonging to an undetermined number of individuals.
ABOUT ARKANSAS HEART HOSPITAL:
Arkansas Heart Hospital is a specialty healthcare provider based in Arkansas. Founded in 1997, Arkansas Heart Hospital specializes in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease.2 Today, Arkansas Heart Hospital operates six catheterization labs, three heart operating suites and a 24-hour Heart Emergency Center.3 Headquartered in Little Rock, Arkansas Heart Hospital has 30 locations throughout Arkansas and employs over 1,000 individuals.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Recently, Arkansas Heart Hospital announced that it had experienced a data breach in which sensitive personal identifiable information and protected health information in its care may have been accessed. According to the breach notice, on March 15, 2025, Arkansas Heart Hospital was informed by a vendor that it had experienced a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to patient information contained within electronic medical records.1 As a result, Arkansas Heart Hospital launched an investigation to determine the nature of the incident.
Through its investigation, Arkansas Heart Hospital confirmed that sensitive personal information in its systems may have been compromised by an unauthorized third party between January 22, 2025, and February 20, 2025. As a result, Arkansas Heart Hospital began a review of the data to determine what information had been impacted as well as identify the specific individuals affected. While the information impacted varies depending on the individual, the type of information potentially exposed includes:
- Name
- Social Security number
- Address
- Phone number and email address
- Date of birth
- Sex
- Ethnicity
- Language
- Maiden name
- Marital status
- Religion
- Death/deceased status
- Living will indicator
- Medical information (e.g., treatment/diagnosis information, prescription information, provider name, medical record/case number)
- Health insurance information
On March 21, 2025, Arkansas Heart Hospital posted a notice of the incident on its website. Additionally, Arkansas Heart Hospital plans to send breach notification letters to impacted individuals. Based on the website breach notice, Arkansas Heart Hospital is providing affected individuals with a list of the specific types of sensitive information impacted and complimentary credit monitoring services. A link to the form breach notification that Arkansas Heart Hospital posted to its website is below.
If you received a breach notification letter from Arkansas Heart Hospital:
We would like to speak with you about your rights and potential legal remedies in response to this data breach. Please fill out the form, below, or contact us at 872.263.1100 or sam@straussborrelli.com.
