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VA Northern Indiana Health Care System

NORTH INDIANA HCS-FORT WAYNE - 610

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 1, 2014. Also cited in 60 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000106031, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: NORTH INDIANA HCS-FORT WAYNE - 610

Issue:

Two appointment lists were sent to the wrong printer. They went to the OI&T printer. An OI&T employee contacted the Privacy Officer. The two pages were faxed to the Privacy Officer and the originals were placed in the shred bin by the OI&T employee. The OI&T employee is current on both the Privacy and Security courses in TMS.

Outcome:

07/01/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that no data breach has occurred. The document was seen only by VA employees.

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