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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 16, 2012. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000081265, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Gainesville, FL
Issue:
Veteran A was mailed a medical record consultation sheet belonging to Veteran B. The consultation sheet arrived with Veteran A's appointment letter. The consultation sheet contains full name, full SSN, DOB, address and phone number. Privacy Office will further investigate. Update: 10/16/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being disclosed.
Outcome:
Service Chief reported there is no way to discern who actually sent the information to the Veteran. However, we will remind everyone at our next staff meeting on the importance of protecting privacy information. Everyone is current with privacy training and do not deem necessary to ask everyone to retake and recertify at this time.