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Veterans Health Administration
ArchivedSubmitted 01/13/2025
Updated 16 hours ago ()
- State
- DC
- Covered entity type
- Healthcare Provider
- Individuals affected
- 1,847
- Business associate present
- No
- Type of breach
- Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of breached information
- Paper/Films
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Sep 23, 2026
- Last seen in OCR export
- Oct 25, 2026
OCR description
Veterans’ Health Administration, the covered entity (CE), reported that an employee of its business associate (BA) mailed the protected health information (PHI) of 1,847 individuals to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, the media, and posted substitute notice on its website. In its mitigation efforts, the BA implemented additional administrative safeguards to better protect and secure PHI.
Change history
- Sep 23, 2026Added to OCR's archive list
Source: HHS OCR Breach Portal, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights about this source
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