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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 June 19, 2012. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000076865, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Omaha, NE
Issue:
Employee found a sheet of a patients medical record outside on the ground in back of the hospital on the way to the smoke shelter. It is unknown how it got there. The document was handed in to the privacy officer. Update: 06/21/12:Due to not being able to determine who dropped the paper, Patient B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Document was sent to the privacy officer, not known how it got outside.