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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 March 18, 2013. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000086879, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Miami, FL
Issue:
A patient encounter list was faxed to a wrong number. It was faxed to an employee's bank. The employee states that she was trying to fax a document to her bank to have her address changed, but instead she mistakenly faxed an encounter list to her bank through a computerized fax. The employee claims that she asked the accounting assistant to destroy the document. Update: 03/22/13:A request for a Report of Contact and for additional information has been sent to the service. The Privacy Officer (PO) is awaiting the service reply.04/01/13:The employee confirmed that there were 34 patients affected and that the only information that was mis-faxed was full names and last four of SSNs. The 34 patients will receive a HIPAA letter of notification.05/16/13:This was determined to be HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.
Outcome:
Employee counseled by service.