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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 18, 2012. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000081367, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Pittsburgh, PA
Issue:
A Veteran called in and reported that when he left a medical appointment today, he was given some discharge paperwork. When the Veteran got home he discovered mixed in with his documents a list of names and SSNs that appeared to be an appointment list of patients for the next day. The Veteran contacted the VA Police advising of this incident. The VA Police then referred this incident to the Privacy Officer (PO). Update: 10/22/12:The paperwork contained information on twelve other Veterans. Twelve Veterans will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
All Primary Care staff will review Privacy and HIPAA training. This information regarding keeping patient information secured, and the importance of ensuring proper information is released to Veterans will be discussed in upcoming staff meetings.