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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 13, 2011. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057051, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Philadelphia, PA
Issue:
misdirected mail with full SSN, not found. Update: 01/18/11: Due to the fact that the originial mail was not loctated, Veteran A will receive a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
ROI supervisor and staff counseled for attentiveness to the possibility of multiple addresses in ROI system and need to reference the active request for current information.