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Northwest Network (VISN 20)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 16, 2012. Also cited in 208 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000071900, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 20 Boise, ID
Issue:
A clerk reported to the Privacy Officer (PO) they found a document which they turned into the PO. The document contained two Veterans' information that were admitted on a hospital floor. The information on the document seemed to be a list of information for the provider to use to treat the Veteran. The information contained included: the Veterans' full name, last 4 of SSN, Allergies, Code Status, Medications, Admit Diagnosis (including one Veteran that had 7332 information noted), Problems, extra information to know about the Veterans including follow up and actions to do. Update: 0217/12:Two Veterans will be sent a letter of notification.
Outcome:
Residency Program Coordinator to educate resident and attending regarding incident and for safeguarding of information. Notification letters to be sent to two Veterans.