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VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System(ECHCS)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 6, 2014. Also cited in 47 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000103773, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: EASTERN COLORADO HCS - 554
Issue:
A patient was given another patients appointment schedule. The patient discovered the incident and reported it to the service that made the error within a few hours of it happening. The information compromised included the patients name, and the last four of the social security number.
Outcome:
05/07/14: The Incident Resolution Team has determined that one Patient will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.