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C.W. Bill Young VA Medical Center
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on June 25, 2014. Also cited in 111 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000105763, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: BAY PINES FL - 516
Issue:
It was noted by a night nurse on an inpatient mental ward that Veteran A had Veteran B's medication list. Veteran B was discharged from the inpatient mental ward last week. Veteran A has dementia and is confused. It is unknown how Veteran A obtained the list. The night nurse regained custody of the list.
Outcome:
06/25/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team determined that this was not a data breach. This falls under the VA Breach Criteria 1.B.(iii) A disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) where VA has a good faith belief that an unauthorized person to whom the disclosure was made would not reasonably have been able to retain such information.