Search Privacy Violations, Breaches and Complaints
This database was last updated in December 2015 ago and should only be used as a historical snapshot. More recent data on breaches affecting 500 or more people is available at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Breach Portal.
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System
105 results found from all sources. Sorted by date.
May 31, 2013
Reported as: NASHVILLE TN - 626
Issue: The Release of Information (ROI) Supervisor contacted the Privacy Officer (Nashville Campus) regarding the following incident: Veteran A contacted ROI Supervisor to report he received medical records in the mail which belong to Veteran B. The PO (Nashville Campus) contacted…
Outcome: 05/31/13: Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.…
May 22, 2013
Reported as: NASHVILLE TN - 626
Issue: The Nurse Manager, MICU (Nashville Campus), reported the following incident to the Privacy Officer (Nashville Campus): Today, an Attending Provider, Pulmonary, invited a Vanderbilt medical student to round with him in MICU. The medical student, who is the son of…
Outcome: 05/22/13: Seven patients will be sent a letter of notificaiton. 06/10/13: This was determined to be HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.…
May 16, 2013
Reported as: NASHVILLE TN - 626
Issue: Veteran A contacted the Chattanooga CBOC and reported she received an appointment letter which belonged to Veteran B. Veteran A stated she destroyed Veteran Bs letter via shredder. Veteran Bs personal identifiable information that was disclosed included: full name, last…
Outcome: 05/16/13: Veteran B will be sent a notification letter. 06/05/13: This was determined to be HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.…
May 15, 2013
Reported as: NASHVILLE TN - 626
Issue: Veteran A called the VA Pharmacy and reported that he received medications in the mail that were intended for Veteran B. Upon the Privacy Officer inquiring, it was determined that the VA Pharmacy was at fault for this mis-mailing error.…
Outcome: 05/15/13: Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services. 06/05/13: This was determined to be non-HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.…
May 8, 2013
Reported as: NASHVILLE TN - 626
Issue: On 5/7/13, an employee/Veteran requested and received a Sensitive Patient Access Report to see who had accessed his CPRS/VISTA Records. On 5/8/13, this same employee/Veteran provided to the Privacy Officer, a VA employee name, who was listed on that report…
Outcome: 05/14/13: The Privacy Officer determined access was inappropriate. The employee who accessed the record stated they must have left their PC unlocked and someone else used the PC to access their own record. This is not considered a valid excuse,…