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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 April 25, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000074597, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Little Rock, AR
Issue:
Veteran A had a procedure on 04/23/12. When the nurse gave him his discharge information she accidently gave him a piece of paper meant for Veteran B. It contained Veteran B's full name, full ssn and date of birth. It was part of the medication reconciliation. Veteran A destroyed the document when he realized he had someone else's information. Update: 04/25/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Nurse Manager has sent this up to the Nurse Executive for the final decision on what action to taken. Will be done as deemed appropriate fact finding is complete.