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Jesse Brown VA Medical Center
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 23, 2014. Also cited in 44 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000103241, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: CHICAGO HCS - 537
Issue:
Veteran A received an appointment schedule for Veteran B, which did not contain Personally Identifiable Information (PII). Veteran A's wife contacted the Privacy Office and returned the information on 04/23/14.
Outcome:
04/29/14: The copy of the appointment schedule contained the Veteran's first name initial and last name and appointment date/time. There was no SSN or other PII identifiers. 05/01/14: The Incident Resolution Team determined that the Veteran will receive a HIPAA lettter of notification.