Search Privacy Violations, Breaches and Complaints
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VA Southeast Network (VISN 7)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 19, 2012. Also cited in 225 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000078064, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 07 Columbia, SC
Issue:
Medical reports belonging to Veteran A was inappropriately released to Veteran B. The documents were received in the mail from Veteran B today with a note that reports were sent to her in error. Veteran A's documents were included in with the documents that were requested by Veteran B.Documents consisted of seven documents (radiology reports and EKG) including complete social security number, date of birth and health information.Per research of the Release of Information (ROI) Disclosure software, medical reports were inadvertently mailed to Veteran B on 07/15/12 by a Release of Information Office staff member. These documents were returned via the mail on 7/19/12 by Veteran B. Update: 07/19/12:Veteran A will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Staff is being re-educated on the need to safeguard patient information.