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Northwest Network (VISN 20)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 2, 2012. Also cited in 208 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000080727, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 20 Portland, OR
Issue:
VA Employee reported that four printouts from the BCMA carts containing full Patient information plus the medications they are taking. The Printouts were facing down on the med cart. The printouts were taken off the med cart by a patient. The printouts were retrieved by the employee 15-20 minutes after the discovery, it is unclear if any patient information was copied down or not. Update: 10/02/12:Four (4) Patients will be sent letters offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being exposed.
Outcome:
The supervisors of our inpatient Wards have been asked to speak to all of their employees about the importance of safeguarding the records that are printed to assist them with providing care.