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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 3, 2013. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000087511, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Jackson, MS
Issue:
The Privacy Officer (PO) was contacted by an employee who stated that as she was walking into the Medical Center she found what appeared to be name tags attached to a paper clip that someone had dropped. She picked the tags up, came into work, then called the PO. The 17 tags contained full name and a partial SSN and whether or not the patient had an allergy. Update: 04/03/13:The 17 patients will receive a HIPAA letter of notification.05/08/13:This was determined to be non-HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.
Outcome:
Staff education and review of the Privacy Policy by all CLC staff. In addition, the staff member responsible for the privacy violation will receive disciplinary action.