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VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 22, 2013. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000088355, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Omaha, NE
Issue:
On 09/09/2010 a note was written by a social worker on the wrong patient. The patient whose record this note was located in requested a large date range of their records for a regional office claim and records including the note on the wrong patient was released on 03/27/13. The patient gave the records to the Regional Office on 04/19/2013 and the Regional Office contacted the Omaha Medical Center Privacy Officer on 04/22/13 to report they found a note entered on the wrong patient. The note was reassigned to the correct patient and is no longer in the incorrect chart. Update: 04/22/13:Patient B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Note written on the wrong patient was removed from the incorrect chart and placed in the correct one. Author of note was educated on the importance of documenting on the correct patient.