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VA Mid South Healthcare Network (VISN 9)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 1, 2011. Also cited in 328 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000064349, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 09 Lexington, KY
Issue:
Patient A received a prescription for Patient B. The pharmacy discovered the error and notified the physician responsible for providing the prescription. The physician mistakenly entered the wrong patients chart and documented the encounter and wrote a prescription. The physician was able to recover the prescription from the patient. The prescription was out of VA control for less than 24 hours. The data on the script contained patients: Full SSN, Full Name and DOB. Update: 07/01/11:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Re-educated employee on importance of paying attention to detail.