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Northwest Network (VISN 20)

VISN 20 Portland, OR

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 23, 2012. Also cited in 208 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000081511, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: VISN 20 Portland, OR

Issue:

A new VA employee received lab results in the mail from a blood test done for employee health purposes. In the envelope with his results were results for another employee. The Employee brought the documents to the Privacy Officer today. He had them for less than 24 hours. Update: 10/24/12:The employee whose Protected Health Information (PHI) was exposed will receive a notification letter.

Outcome:

The office that mailed the letters are aware of the mistake and is making greater efforts to check their outgoing mail to prevent this from occurring again.

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