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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 9, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000077605, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Shreveport, LA
Issue:
The Patient Advocate brought medical records to the Privacy Officer. He received the medical records from Veteran A, which were mailed to him on 07/04/12 by the Release of Information office. The records belonged to Veteran B. Update: 07/09/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.NOTE: There were a total of 35 Mis-Mailed incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 34 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Mailed Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter and/or credit monitoring will be offered if appropriate.
Outcome:
Supervisor addressed issue and double checking work before mailing out patient information.