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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 March 25, 2011. Also cited in 328 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060030, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 09 Lexington, KY
Issue:
A VA Employee misplaced a letter that contained sensitive information about another employee. The information did not contain SSN, but did contain PHI. An extensive search has been conducted but have been unable to recover the letter. Update: 03/28/11:Employee A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
Employee was provided re-education of the importance of protecting personal information. It is unknown who had the sheet with 6 patients on it.