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VA Illiana Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 28, 2013. Also cited in 19 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000093941, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: ILLIANA HCS (DANVILLE) - 550
Issue:
A Non-VA care employee at VAIHCS inadvertently included Veteran B's information in an envelope to Veteran A. Veteran A called VAIHCS to report that he/she had received information that did not belong to him/her. The information that was disclosed included Veteran B's name, address, partial SSN and protected health information (PHI).
Outcome:
08/29/13: Veteran B will receive a HIPAA letter of notification.