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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 28, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000079612, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Fayetteville, AR
Issue:
The Social Work Clerk misunderstood who the denial letter was supposed to be sent to and sent it to the Veterans parents address instead of the Veterans address. The parents are listed as next of kin but aren't on the Veterans HIPAA. Per the Veteran the parents weren't aware of all of his service connected disability. Update: 08/28/12:Veteran A will be sent a notification letter due to Protected Health Information being disclosed to an unauthorized party.
Outcome:
Talked with SW Supervisor about training the Social Workers about PHI.