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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 30, 2012. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000074817, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Bay Pines, FL
Issue:
Veteran A received a copy of Veteran B's appointment reminder letter along with his own. The letter contains Veteran B's full name, mailing address, last four digits of the SSN and information related to his appointment (clinic location, date and time). Veteran A will return to facility tomorrow with the mis-mailed letter. Update: 04/30/12:Veteran B will be sent a notification letter.NOTE: There were a total of 133 Mis-Mailed incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 132 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 information was returned to the Privacy Officer. The employees who are responsible for mailing out these type of letters have been asked to apply additional safeguards when mailing out Veteran's personal information. The supervisors were instructed to discuss this incident with all staff. A HIPAA notification letter was mailed to Veteran B.