DCHHS OCRFirst filing
Filed Nov 1, 2021bd_d86f43de7c5a7966
Washington DC VA Medical Center reported to HHS on 2021-11-01 an Unauthorized Access/Disclosure affecting 1,193 individuals. An employee impermissibly sent PHI — including names, diagnoses, lab results, medications, and Social Security numbers — to a personal email account. Breached information was located in Email. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media, and retrained employees on HIPAA Rules.
Affected (this filing): 1,193
HHS notified