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C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center

BAY PINES FL - 516

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 7, 2014. Also cited in 111 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000103790, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: BAY PINES FL - 516

Issue:

Veteran A contacted the Release of Information department and reported that he received a disk with Veteran B's health information. Veteran A will be returning the disc to the facility, the data at risk will be reviewed at that time

Outcome:

05/07/14: The disk has been retrieved by Release of Information staff and the it was confirmed that Veteran A received Veteran B's information. Privacy Officer is changing ticket from complaint to incident. Veteran B' name, address and protected health information (PHI) was compromised. 05/12/14: The Incident Resolution Team determined that Veteran B will receive a HIPAA letter of notification.

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