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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 March 30, 2011. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060221, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Minneapolis, MN
Issue:
Prosthetics requests were provided to a Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) patient to take to Prosthetics. The CWT patient left the requests on an unattended cart in a public hallway. The requests were recovered by the Privacy Officer within 5 minutes of being left on the unattended cart. There were requests involving 22 patients. Update: 03/30/11:Twenty-two (22) Veterans will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
Counseling and education was conducted regarding use of CWT patients. Employee required to retake Privacy Training.