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VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 6, 2013. Also cited in 187 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000085526, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 06 Salem, VA
Issue:
A contract physician released prescription information about a patient to a law enforcement agency without an authorization letter. Update: 02/06/13:Veteran A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
A notification letter was sent to the patient. Targeted training was conducted by those directly involved, and more generalized training was done and will continue to be done at the facility level to raise awareness of proper authorizations, and accounting of disclosure requirements.