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VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on September 25, 2012. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000080507, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Omaha, NE
Issue:
The Environmental Management Service (EMS) cleaning staff found a 1 inch Compensation and Pension (C&P) file sitting in the lobby. There was no one around it. The EMS staff turned it into the eligibility staff who contacted the Privacy Officer (PO) and C&P staff. C&P staff involved in the clinic and involved in the patients care are not sure how it got there. Update: 09/26/12:One Veteran will be sent letters offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being exposed.
Outcome:
All staff in the area were questioned and importance of patient privacy and safeguarding sensitive information was presented.. The last person to remember having it was the C&P physician who thought he put it back on the file in the C&P Office.