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VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 7, 2012. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000075197, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Omaha, NE
Issue:
An employee was leaving a patient's house for home oxygen treatment and loading up the truck. He set a piece of paper with the patient's Personally Identifiable Information (PII) on the side of the truck, forgot the paper was there, got back in the vehicle and drove back to the VA. When he got back he noticed the sheet was missing and went back to try to find it. He could not locate the sheet. The Veteran notified the facility that his neighbor retrieved the document and returned the document to the Veteran. VA staff went out and retrieved the document from the Veteran. Update: 05/08/12:The patient will be sent a letter offering credit protection services, as his full SSN and medical information were disclosed in the documents.
Outcome:
We are starting to transport in locked bags and only using the last 4 of the SS# on the forms they transport.