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VA Southwest Health Care Network (VISN 18)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 12, 2011. Also cited in 228 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060868, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 18 Albuquerque, NM
Issue:
A VA employee found part of a progress note (for Patient A) on the floor outside the canteen retail store. The progress note contained the patient's name, full SSN, date of birth and protected health information. Update: 04/13/11:Patient A will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.NOTE: There were a total of 17 Mis-Handling incidents this reporting period. Because of repetition, the other 16 are not included in this report, but are included in the "Mis-Handling Incidents" count at the end of this report. In all incidents, Veterans will receive a notification letter and/or credit monitoring will be offered if appropriate.
Outcome:
Unable to determine how this event happened. It's possible that patient dropped the paper.