Search Privacy Violations, Breaches and Complaints
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Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
45 results found from all sources. Sorted by date.
December 5, 2013
Reported as: CHICAGO HCS - 537
Issue: Employees A and B accessed Employee C's medical information.
Outcome: 12/05/13: Employee C will receive a notification letter. 02/14/14: This was entered incorrectly. On further review, Employee C accessed Employee A and B's records. Employee A and B will be sent the HIPAA notification letters.…
September 27, 2013
Reported as: CHICAGO HCS - 537
Issue: Veteran A received Veteran B's medical claim information on two occasions. The information included Veteran B's name, date of birth and medical information.…
Outcome: 09/27/13: Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.…
September 25, 2013
Reported as: CHICAGO HCS - 537
Issue: Veteran A received claim information regarding Veteran B. It included name, address, date of birth, and protected health information (PHI).…
Outcome: 09/26/13: Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.…
September 3, 2013
Reported as: CHICAGO HCS - 537
Issue: Veteran A received Veteran B's medical records.
Outcome: 09/04/13: Veteran B will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.…
July 17, 2013
Reported as: CHICAGO HCS - 537
Issue: Paperwork containing the personally identifiable information (PII) belonging to Patient A was given to Patient B. The PII included Patient A's name, address, date of birth and full SSN.…
Outcome: 07/18/13 Veteran A will receive a letter offering credit protection services. 07/19/13: The facility Privacy Officer (PO) believes that Veteran B's information may have been given to Veteran A. Veteran B will also receive a letter offering credit protection services.…