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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 May 30, 2012. Also cited in 239 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000076135, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 04 Butler, PA
Issue:
The Privacy Officer (PO) will need to gather more information, but the daughter of Veteran A mailed in an application to our VA and somehow that application was incorrectly mailed out form the VA to Veteran B's home. It seems to contain personally identifiable information (PII) for the Veteran A and Veteran A's spouse. The PO will gather more information today. Update: 05/31/12:Information released included full name, full SSN, DOB, and other info for spouse and Veteran A. Therefore Spouse and Veteran A will receive a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The Supervisor of the department is making the employees retake Privacy/HIPAA training course 10203. Procedures are also being reviewed and those needing changed will be changed