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Sierra Pacific Network (VISN 21)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 27, 2012. Also cited in 141 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000078479, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 21 San Francisco, CA
Issue:
On 7/24/12 a VA employee intended to send a fax to a phone number with a 888 area code. However, the employee erroneously dialed the number resulting in the fax to a different number. The fax was a home health referral to a non-VA agency. The recipient of the fax returned from vacation today, called the sender to inform her of the mis-directed fax, and reported the information had been shredded. Update: 07/30/12:Veteran A will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
All staff received refresher training regarding faxing III/PHI.