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VA Healthcare - VISN 4 (VISN 4)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 2, 2012. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000080744, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Pittsburgh, PA
Issue:
A medical record request was received and processed. When the Release of Information clerk sent out the documents they sent the wrong documents out to the requestor. the documents pertained to Veteran B with same last name and similar first name. Update: 10/02/12:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being exposed.
Outcome:
Records were destroyed, staff are being reeducated about proper QA and name validation.