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Veterans In Partnership (VISN 11)
214 results found from all sources. Sorted by date.
January 25, 2011
Reported as: VISN 11 Detroit, MI
Issue: Wife of deceased Veteran A requested all 7 volumes of veterans medical records. Upon receipt of the first 6 months of medical records, Wife of Veteran A discovered the package also included medical records for Veteran B. The wife is…
Outcome: Supervisor conducted a counseling in terms ensuring in the future that every single page (copied) is reviewed prior to release; the ROI Clerk apologized for the error. The employee was also informed of the impact of the error, e.g. costs…
January 18, 2011
Reported as: VISN 11 Fort Wayne, IN
Issue: Veteran (son) and Veteran (father) have same name. Prescription intended for son ordered in father's record. Prescription went to father. Father notified VA of error. Update: 01/18/11:The son will receive a letter of notification since his medication information was exposed.…
Outcome: Letter to Veteran. Educated staff on safeguards, need to be accurate.…
January 18, 2011
Reported as: VISN 11 Danville, IL
Issue: An inpatient arm band was discovered attached to a wheel chair in the wheelchair repair clinic at VA Illiana Health Care System. The arm band contained a patient's name, full social security number and date of birth. The wheelchair repair…
Outcome: The Chief Nurse of the Community Living Center provided education to all staff instructing them not to print out inpatient arm bands for the use of identifying the owner of personal equipment of patients such as wheel chairs, walkers, etc.…
January 10, 2011
Reported as: VISN 11 Saginaw, MI
Issue: Patient A received a consult order for patient B in his appointment letter. Name, SSN, and PHI were included in the letter. Update: 01/10/11:Patient B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.…
Outcome: Staff was educated, information retrieved and credit monitoring letter was mailed.