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VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network (VISN 17)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 16, 2012. Also cited in 122 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072982, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 17 Dallas, TX
Issue:
Two Veterans were given each other's information. The documents contained the Veterans' full name, full SSN and address. The mistake was noted a few minutes afterwards while the two were still at the clinic. Update: 032/19/12:Both Veteran will receive e a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Credit monitoring to the Veterans involved (2). Employees were reminded to check and double check to ensure information is being provided to the person to whom the information pertains.