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Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

CLEVELAND OH - 541

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on June 3, 2014. Also cited in 53 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000104897, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: CLEVELAND OH - 541

Issue:

A Veteran brought down a Travel Reimbursement form on another Veteran that was accidentally included in his information. It was a one page form. Included patient name, last 4 of ssn, home address and appointment date. The Veteran returned the original form today to the Mansfield clinic

Outcome:

06/03/14: The Incident Resolution Team has determined that one Veteran will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.

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