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Rocky Mountain Network (VISN 19)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 19, 2011. Also cited in 133 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000057254, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 19 Sheridan, WY
Issue:
Home Health Nursing Agency Representative reported that nursing sheets from October 1 - October 20 on one veteran cannot be located. Am waiting for more information on what actual information was on the sheets that were lost. Update: 01/21/11:Patient A will recieve a notification letter.
Outcome:
The owner of the Home Health Agency has implemented a new policy that will ensure that the nursing sheets are never hand carried by anyone but her - in a locked briefcase from the veteran's home to a locked cabinet in her locked apartment. The sheets in question were apparently hand-carried by one of her employees to the apartment. She could verfiy that the nursing sheets were at the apartment, but is unable to locate them now.