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VA Mail Order Pharmacy, Hines, IL (CMOP)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 1, 2011. Also cited in 88 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057697, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VHA CMOP Hines, IL
Issue:
Patient A received a prescription document from Medline Industries that was intended for Patient B along with his own prescription and documents. Patient Bs name and type of medical supply was compromised. Patient A reported the incident to the medical center and the medical center is retrieving the document. Great Lakes Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy (CMOP) investigation concludes that this was a Medline packing error. Update: 02/01/11:Patient B will be sent a letter of notification.NOTE: There were a total of 12 Mis-Mailed CMOP incidents out of 5,898,222 total packages (9,111,763 total prescriptions) mailed out for this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 11 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Mailed CMOP Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter.
Outcome:
The packing error has been reported to Medline for investigation and corrective action.