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Gulf Coast Veterans Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on June 2, 2015. Also cited in 21 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000120285, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: GULF COAST HCS - 520
Issue:
Veteran A requested copies of record through the Release of Information (ROI) process and received Veteran B's information in the envelope with Veteran A's information. Veteran A's spouse is an employee and brought the envelope to work to show the Information Security Officer (ISO) what was in in the envelope. The spouse/employee of Veteran A gave the ISO the information that belongs to Veteran B. Veteran B's information is now in the ISO's office.
Outcome:
06/03/15: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that Veteran B will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.