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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 May 2, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000061851, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Oklahoma City, OK
Issue:
An employee mailed a letter to Veteran A using recycled paper in the printer. The back of the letter contained six Veterans' names, full SSNs, preoperative diagnoses and operations. The employee did not realize other Veterans' information was on the back of the letter and mailed the letter. Veteran A returned the letter to the facility and showed the supervisor all of the information on the back of the letter. Update: 05/02/11:Six Veterans will receive a letter offering credit protection services.NOTE: There were a total of 83 Mis-Mailed incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 82 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Mailed Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter and/or credit monitoring will be offered if appropriate.
Outcome:
The employee has been educated. The employee will no longer recycle paper in the printers.