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VA Health Care Upstate New York (VISN 2)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 13, 2012. Also cited in 132 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000077783, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 02 Buffalo, NY
Issue:
The Emergency Room (ER) completed COBRA transfer form with wrong patient information. Transferring veteran and employee who was treated in ER earlier both have same last name. Form has full name, SSN and address for employee not Veteran. PHI on form was the PHI for the transferring (correct) person. Update: 07/13/12:Patient B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
referred to Patient Safety on misidentificaiton. Other hospital notified of incorrect demographics.