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Jesse Brown VA Medical Center

CHICAGO HCS - 537

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 23, 2014. Also cited in 44 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000103231, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: CHICAGO HCS - 537

Issue:

Veteran A received social work - Housing progress notes which contained personally identifiable information (PII) on Veteran B. Veteran A returned information to the facility Privacy Officer (PO) on 4/23/14. Veteran B's name, date of birth, full SSN and protected health information were compromised.

Outcome:

04/24/14: The Incident Resolution Team determined that Veteran B will receive a letter offering credit protection services since his full SSN was compromised.

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