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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 8, 2012. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072640, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 San Juan, PR
Issue:
A contractor's compliance officer informed by letter that their employee had recently stored an unencrypted file on a tablet in order to schedule patient appointments. According to her letter, the file included the following categories of information about 34 Veterans: name, address, telephone number and type of respiratory care services was scheduled to receive. Update: 03/12/12:The tablet has been reported missing and it is unencrypted. Letters of notification will be sent to 34 Veterans.
Outcome:
Companies contract ends by the end of this month and will not be renewed. Contractor took action against staff that caused this incident.