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Orlando VA Medical Center

ORLANDO FL - 675

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 7, 2014. Also cited in 44 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000101363, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: ORLANDO FL - 675

Issue:

Veteran A received Veteran B's medications in the same medication bag, mailed from the Outpatient Pharmacy. Pharmacy is sending Veteran A a UPS bag to retrieve the medications. Pharmacy looking into how the medications could have been cross-bagged.

Outcome:

03/07/14: The Incident Resolution Team has determined that Veteran B will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.

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