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Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 11, 2015. Also cited in 22 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000116566, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: CAPTAIN JAMES A. LOVELL FHCC - 556
Issue:
Employee A sent an email of a Veteran who is also a VA employee to the Veteran/VA employee's supervisor with his last 4 digits of the SSN and the protected health information (PHI) of triage results.
Outcome:
03/12/15: PO update -- the employee sent email to Veteran/employee's supervisor to tell her about her conduct while in ER. The Veteran/employee was on duty that night when went to ED. However, none of the PHI should have been in that email. 03/12/15: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that Veteran/Employee A will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.