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VA New England Healthcare System (VISN 1)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 4, 2013. Also cited in 204 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000085421, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 01 West Haven, CT
Issue:
Veteran A was inadvertently given Veteran B's discharge diagnosis and medication name and dosage. The Physician realized the mishap and called Veteran A, who received the information. Veteran A was instructed to shred the information. The Chief Emergency Room Physician is calling Veteran A to see how the information was disposed of. The Privacy Officer (PO) informed the Physician that if the Veteran did not shred it ask the Veteran to forward the discharge summary back to the facility to the PO's attention. Update: 02/04/13:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services as his full SSN and medical information was disclosed.NOTE: There were a total of 106 Mis-Handled incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 105 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Handled 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:
The Physician was advised to be more careful.