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VA Northern Indiana Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 29, 2013. Also cited in 60 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000096345, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: NORTH INDIANA HCS-FORT WAYNE - 610
Issue:
A Veteran's wife received a Fee letter that should have been sent to another Veteran (see PSETS 96342). The wife and her husband (a Veteran registered at our facility) went to our ROI unit and requested information that had been scanned in VistA imaging. That scanned information was on the Veteran who the Fee letter should have been sent to. The scanned information was the Veteran name, birth date, home address, medications, radiology report information, diagnoses and treatment. The information was discovered when the Privacy Officer was meeting with the wife and her Veteran husband regarding PSETS 96342 regarding the Fee letter.
Outcome:
10/29/13: Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.