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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 11, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060761, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Houston, TX
Issue:
At the end of the day on 04/08/11, a doctor locked and secured a room that contained an accordion folder with radiology order sheets with patients' information on them. Upon returning to work on 04/11/11, the doctor noticed the folder was missing and reported it to VA Police. VA Police notified the Information Security Officer (ISO). VA Police are currently investigating, creating a report, and determining what data was in the folder as well as who had keys to office, etc. They will provide VA Police report number once they have one. Update: 04/15/11:Upon further investigation, 210 Veterans' information was lost including their names, full SSNs, dates of birth, and medical information. All 210 Veterans will be offered credit protection services.
Outcome:
In addition to being in a locked office, all folders will now be placed in a locked file cabinet with limited key access to the file cabinet.