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St. Cloud VA Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on June 29, 2015. Also cited in 43 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000121504, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: ST. CLOUD MN - 656
Issue:
Veteran A received Veteran B's medications in the mail. Veteran B is Veteran A's niece/nephew. The error occurred when the prescription was received in the Pharmacy intake due to they have same first and last name so the wrong Veteran was identified with wrong last 4 digits of the SSN.
Outcome:
06/30/15: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that Veteran B will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.