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VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network (VISN 17)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 30, 2013. Also cited in 122 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000088651, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 17 San Antonio, TX
Issue:
A patient asked for his pending dental appointments and was given another veterans appointment list. The information has been recovered, only one patient was affected Update: 04/30/13:One Patient will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.05/16/13:This was determined to be HITECH reportable by VHA Privacy Office.
Outcome:
Employee was provided training and had to retake Privacy Training.