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VA New England Healthcare System (VISN 1)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 16, 2012. Also cited in 204 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072947, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 01 Providence, RI
Issue:
It was discovered by the provider that a three page consult listing was part of Veteran B's packet but belonged to Veteran A. A's nursed notified the Privacy Officer (PO) that the provider took the three pages out and that they do not think the Veteran B realized it was even in his packet. The consult included Veteran A's name, partial SSN and diagnosis. Update: 03/21/12:Since the information was out of VA control, Veteran A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
Employee was reshown the process to eliminate future errors. Notification letters sent to Veteran.