Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center

Issue: Veteran A received a copy of Veteran B appointment. Veteran A returned Veteran B appointment on 4/21/14.…

Outcome: 04/22/14: The Incident Resolution Team has determined that Veteran B will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.…

Issue: Employee A received a Human Resources (HR) memorandum notifying of selection of position. Employee A's full SSN was handwritten on the memorandum, however, the notification was intended for Employee B. Notification has Employee B's position, grade and salary information listed.…

Outcome: 04/09/14: The Incident Resolution Team determined that this meets the VA Breach Criteria exclusion (i) which states, ") Any unintentional acquisition, access, or use of SPI by a workforce member (i.e., VA employee, without compensation employee, VA volunteer, student, trainee)…

Issue: A Veteran received a letter by mail from the Dorn VAMC Prosthetics Clinic for clothing allowance. The Veteran states he never applied for any clothing allowance nor has he ever had a prosthetic. He called the number on the letter…

Outcome: 02/24/14: One Veteran will be sent a notification letter.…

Issue: On 2/5/14 Veteran #1 presented to the Cardiologist Clinic for an appointment that he thought he had that day. The Veteran arrived to the clinic holding another Veterans appointment letter. Veteran #1 did not realize that he received another Veterans…

Outcome: 03/03/14: Veteran #2 will be sent a notification letter.…

Issue: The Veteran/Employee contacted a Dorn VAMC Patient Representative that his Primary Care Physician violated his privacy when the Veteran became ill at work, and asked a co-worker to take him to the Florence Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC). The Veteran…

Outcome: 01/23/14: One Veteran will be sent a letter of notification.…

Issue: An incident occurred when the Florence Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) Nurse Manger inadvertently mailed out a lab test know as a Fit Kit to the wrong Veteran. The tube included a label and Veteran A's full name and social…

Outcome: 01/16/14: Veteran A will receive a letter offering credit protection services.…

Issue: Two individuals have similar names, and an email with an attachment including a Veterans Protected Health Information (PHI) was forwarded to the wrong person. Information disclosed: Full Name, Full Social Security Number, and PHI.…

Outcome: 01/16/14: The Veteran whose information was disclosed will receive an offer for credit protection services.…

Issue: Veteran A, 70 year old, 100% SC Veteran presented to the Chief of Social Work's office with a list of appointments on a piece of paper printed by an unknown VA staff at 11:00 AM on 01/03/14. The Veteran stated…

Outcome: 01/07/14: Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.…

Issue: In the process of faxing a Veterans medical information for nursing home placement, the information went to a residence. There is no identifying information to see which fax number actually received the information in error. The information contained his name…

Outcome: 08/22/13: The Veteran will receive a general letter of notification.…

Issue: A Compensation and Pension employee contacted the Privacy Officer to report a privacy incident. The Veteran presented with another unrelated matter. When the Veteran began looking through his paperwork, he discovered that he had two appointment letters, one appointment letter…

Outcome: 07/30/13: One Veteran will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.…