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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 January 25, 2013. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000085076, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Bay Pines, FL
Issue:
The appointment letter for Patient B was in control of Patient A for an undetermined about of time. Patient A did return the appointment letter to the Patient Advocate Office on 01/25/13 at 4:00 PM. The letter contained Patient B's name, address, partial SSN and diagnosis. Update: 01/28/13:Patient B will receive a HIPAA letter of notification.
Outcome:
The information was retrieved. Employees responsible for mailing out appointment follow -up letters have been provided additional education by the Privacy Officer and asked to apply additional safeguards when handling individually identifiable information.