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Desert Pacific Healthcare Network (VISN 22)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 27, 2011. Also cited in 129 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000061652, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 22 Long Beach, CA
Issue:
On 04/26/11,a VA employee gave an envelope containing Veteran A's medication documents (total of 3 pages) to the Alternative Privacy Officer. The documents were mismailed to Veteran B. The envelope was mailed by VA Long Beach Pharmacy. The information on the documents included veteran A's name, address and medications. Update: 04/27/11:Veteran A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
Outpatient supervisor provided counseling to the two staff members involved in the mismailing on 4/27/11. Privacy officer sent the signed HIPAA notification letter to the Veteran on 5/3/11.