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VA Mid South Healthcare Network (VISN 9)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on November 28, 2011. Also cited in 328 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000069049, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 09 Louisville, KY
Issue:
A Release of Information clerk mailed out requested information to the incorrect Veteran. The Veterans had the same name, only one was a Jr. The Jr. (Veteran A) requested the records but the Veteran that was not a Jr. (Veteran B) received the records. Update: 12/01/11:Veteran A will be offered credit protection services as his full SSN was disclosed. There is no evidence that the two Veterans are related.
Outcome:
ROI Supervisor has provided training to this employee who inadvertently disclosed information. ROI Supervisor has also placed disclosure alerts on these records since there are three patient's with the same name, which caused this inadvertent disclosure. Credit monitoring has been provided to Veteran.