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VA New England Healthcare System (VISN 1)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 12, 2011. Also cited in 204 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000062426, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 01 Boston, MA
Issue:
Clinician mistakenly sent copy of a daily appointment listing home with a patient in his pile of documents. Documents has been returned and no abuse of information suspected. Update: 05/12/11:The appointment list did not contain any clinic names or healthcare information, however it did contain the name and SSN of six other Veterans and was out of VA control for one day.Six Veterans will be sent letters offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Clinician immediately retrieved the document from the party, re-took the privacy and information security training and also implemented workflow changes to prevent this incident from re-occurring. Credit monitoring letters have been sent to all impacted individuals.