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VA Mid South Healthcare Network (VISN 9)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 15, 2011. Also cited in 328 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000059635, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 09 Huntington, WV
Issue:
A letter was mailed to Patient A that contained information belonging to Patient B. It is believed that a volunteer mistakenly mailed this to the wrong patient. The letter simply stated that the patient did not have any refills on a certain medication. Patient A is supposed to mail the documents back to the pharmacy. Update: 03/15/11:Patient B will receive a notification letter.
Outcome:
Staff reminded to use caution when handling documents with PII.