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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 May 24, 2013. Also cited in 19 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000089760, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: ILLIANA HCS (DANVILLE) - 550
Issue:
A VA Illiana Health Care System employee sent a letter to a Veteran's attorney and disclosed protected 7332 information without proper authorization from the Veteran.
Outcome:
05/24/13: The Veteran will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed. 06/19/13: This was determined to be non-HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.