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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 February 13, 2012. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000071722, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Bay Pines, FL
Issue:
Veteran A received a copy of a consult request for Veteran B. The consult request was mis-mailed by a clerk in Geriatric Services. Veteran A and Veteran B have the same first and llast name and same last four of social security number. Veteran A returned the records to the facility. Update: 02/13/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services. Veteran B's SSN, date of birth, and other medical information were disclosed inappropriately.
Outcome:
The affected Veteran was mailed credit monitoring letter. Since we were unable to determine the specific employee responsible for the event all those responsible for mailing out this type of information was provided additional training by privacy office and supervisor.