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Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 8, 2012. Also cited in 133 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000072662, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 19 Fort Harrison, MT
Issue:
The VA was notified on 3/6/12 that on 2/24/12 the US Post Office delivered medication package to the wrong veteran. Veteran open package and took medications and then realized that it was not his medication package. Veteran contacted VA to report incident. Update: 03/09/12:One Veteran will be sent a letter of notification.
Outcome:
Education and awareness was provided to the pharmacy department on the error by the postal service. With this being an isolated incident, it was determined not to contact the postal service. however, the Medical Center is keeping a running active list of all medication errors by the post office and will alert them to the errors as more are discovered.