Jessica Soto reports:
The South Texas Veterans Health Care System in San Antonio is notifying 4,000 Veterans whose personal information was compromised Wednesday.
In an attempt to notify Veterans of the new federal rule of Hydrocodone combination, letters were inadvertently printed double-sided.
On the front page one unique Veteran’s information was printed and another unique Veteran’s information was printed on the back.The letters were mailed out on September 15, 2014 and included full name, address and disclosure of the patient currently prescribed a narcotic was accidently released causing a privacy breach.
Read more on KSAT. HealthITSecurity provides some commentary on the breach, here.