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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 January 2, 2013. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000084216, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Little Rock, AR
Issue:
The Sleep Study Center sent down a report to be scanned into a patient's record. It wasn't caught by the Center or the file room that there were 2 patients' first pages of their reports. Then Patient A came in to request a copy of his report. Once he got home, he realized that he had someone else's information and not all of his report. Patient B's information that was exposed included his name, date of birth, full SSN, history and information on the study, and date of the exam. Update: 01/03/13:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Supervisor working with HRMS to do appropriate actions regarding employees' errors. Both work for the same supervisor. Letter has gone out to individual on 1 9 13.