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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on July 6, 2011. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000064472, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Orlando, FL
Issue:
A Prosthetics technician provided Veteran A's wife with a brief, hand-written description of the proper chair lift she was to purchase. When she returned home with her husband, she turned over the note and discovered it was written on the backside of Veteran B's consultation sheet. The wife returned the consultation sheet to the Director's Office on her husband's next appointment. The Prosthetics Chief has been notified and they are attempting to identify the originator of the note. The note contained Veteran B's name, address, date of birth, full SSN and protected health information (PHI). Update: 07/07/11:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.NOTE: There were a total of 71 Mis-Handling incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 70 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Handling Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter and/or credit monitoring will be offered if appropriate.
Outcome:
The Prosthetics technician was verbally counseled by the Prosthetics supervisor. In addition, the Privacy Officer has been invited to review this incident at the Department's next scheduled training meeting in August. All members have already been cautioned about this incident.