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VA Mid South Healthcare Network (VISN 9)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on June 21, 2012. Also cited in 328 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000077002, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 09 Mountain Home, TN
Issue:
Quality Management was notified by Regional Counsel that they had received medical records on one of our Veterans. The documents were forwarded to Quality Management. The Privacy Officer was given a copy of a letter written by one of our RN employees and attached medical records that had been received by an outside attorney to Regional Counsel. The Veteran's medical information had been copied and pasted into the letter and the attached medical records were redacted to not display the Veteran's identify. One document had internal text that contained the Veteran's last name. It is still being investigated to see how and when the documents were released to the outside attorney. Update: 06/24/12:It is not known who printed the documents. There is also no authorization from the patient to release the information. One Veteran will be sent a letter of notification.
Outcome:
Re-education was provided on the need to protect PHI and PII.