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VA Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 5, 2012. Also cited in 187 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000073718, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 06 Durham, NC
Issue:
Veteran A received Veteran B's medication prescription by mail. Update: 04/05/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter of notification.
Outcome:
This occurred when the clerk put the package into the UPS system to generate a UPS overnight mailing label (patient names were very similar). The clerk has been educated and the need to double check all labels before affixing them to a package has been emphasized.