Healthcare Provider · Archived
Kansas City VAMC
534 individuals · submitted June 11, 2019
About this report
The covered entity (CE), the Kansas City VA Medical Center, reported than an employee inadvertently mailed letters containing protected health information (PHI) to the wrong recipients. This breach affected 534 individuals. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and clinical information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. Following this breach, the CE implemented administrative safeguards to prevent errors of this nature from reoccurring. OCR obtained assurances that the CE implemented the corrective actions noted above.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- Kansas City VAMC
- State
- MO
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 534
- Submission date
- June 11, 2019
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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