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VA Northern Indiana Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on June 25, 2014. Also cited in 60 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000105762, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: NORTH INDIANA HCS-FORT WAYNE - 610
Issue:
A psychologist had Veteran A complete a Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MMCI-III) in Veteran B's medical record. Veteran A saw Veteran B's name. As soon as the psychologist realized it was the wrong medical record, he contacted the appropriate staff to remove the document from Veteran B's record and had it entered in Veteran A's record.
Outcome:
06/25/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that no data breach has occurred. There was Personally Identifiable Information (PII) involved, but not the required criteria for credit protection services or HIPAA notification.