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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 November 4, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000068365, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Biloxi, MS
Issue:
Three documents were found unattended in the parking lot of the VA Medical Center by VA Police. The documents were clinic appointment lists for a specific provider. The clinic appointment list did not contain any diagnosis however contained the following: seven patients' full name and last 4 SSN; nineteen patients' full name and full SSN; and one patient's last name/last 4 SSN. Update: 11/07/11:The 19 Veterans with full SSNs disclosed will be offered credit protection services. The 8 Veterans with information disclosed, not including their full SSN, will be sent letters of notification.
Outcome:
The employee required to retake privacy training and to ensure documentation containing PHI will be discarded in accordance to station policy andrecords management program for disposing by shredding unnecessary documentation.