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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 30, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000071186, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Fayetteville, AR
Issue:
The facility Safety Officer was walking back to his office when he found a steno notebook with notes about home base primary care patients. Update: 02/01/12:In the steno notebook were the last names, last four of SSN, and lab results for 19 Veterans. It was found outside a building in a grassy area. The area is accessible to employees and Veterans. It was left there for six hours or less. The 19 Veterans will be sent letters of notification.
Outcome:
Doing a facility wide training on logbooks.