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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 24, 2012. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000074533, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Erie, PA
Issue:
An appointment letter was mismailed due to an error when writing a name and address on the envelope. Update: 04/24/12:One Veteran will be sent a letter of notification.
Outcome:
Supervisor and facility IRT team aware that incident occurred. Employee was re-educated in mail procedures and asked to retake Privacy and HIPAA training as part of that education.