Healthcare Provider · Archived
South Texas Veterans Health Care System
4,000 individuals · submitted October 9, 2014
About this report
The covered entity (CE), South Texas Veterans Health Care System, incorrectly mailed 2,000 letters with another veteran’s protected health information (PHI) printed on the other side. The types of PHI involved in the breach included patients’ names, addresses, and medication information. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE updated its procedures for fulfilling mailing requests and issued a memorandum to the print shop staff with the revised procedures and forms.
Summary as published by the HHS Office for Civil Rights.
- Organization
- South Texas Veterans Health Care System
- State
- TX
- Entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 4,000
- Submission date
- October 9, 2014
- Breach type
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information
- Paper/Films
- Business associate present
- No
- OCR status
- Archived
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