Search Privacy Violations, Breaches and Complaints
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VA Health Care Upstate New York (VISN 2)
133 results found from all sources. Sorted by date.
February 17, 2011
Reported as: VISN 02 Syracuse, NY
Issue: A Pharmacist placed a prescription bottle for Patient A into a bag for Patient B. The Pharmacist called Patient B to notify him of the error and and the prescription bottle was brought back the next day. The Pharmacist had…
Outcome: The Pharmacist was verbally counseled by the Outpatient Pharmacy Supervisor regarding proper procedure to confirm that patient's identity and prevent future errors.
February 15, 2011
Reported as: VISN 02 Syracuse, NY
Issue: Patient A picked up three prescriptions that were intended for Patient B. The information on the medication labels and documents associated with the orders included the patient's name, address and medication information. No SSN or part of the SSN was…
Outcome: The pharmacist has been counseled by the Inpatient Pharmacy Supervisor on the required procedure to be followed at the pick up window to prevent future errors.
January 21, 2011
Reported as: VISN 02 Canandaigua, NY
Issue: During home visit by VA Employee, Veteran/patient handed VA Employee a copy of medication profile which belonged to another Veteran/patient. When VA Employee tried to retrieve it back from the Veteran/patient they were evaluating, the Veteran/patient grabbed the copy of…
Outcome: Veteran/patient has refused to give medication profile to VA employee during home based primary care visit and Veteran/patient has refused to answer any questions on how this information was obtained.