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VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network (VISN 17)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 5, 2011. Also cited in 122 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000067456, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 17 Harlingen, TX
Issue:
Employee A was reviewing a medication list that was issued to Veteran A by Employee B and noticed that this list did not belong to Veteran A but should have been issued to Veteran B. The medication list listed his first and last name, last four of SSN and DOB along with the list of medications. Update: 10/05/11:Veteran B will be sent a letter offering credit protection services due to full name and DoB being disclosed.
Outcome:
Immediate Supervisor and AO of facility was contacted regarding incident. Supervisor has made contact with employee regarding re education and retraining. Employee is to retake TMS training and provide certificate to Alt. PO. Notification letter has been submitted to Veteran and uploaded into NSOC.