Veterans learn VA hospital dumped patient records with Social Security, personal info

[unhappycamper]

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April 13, 2015, photo shows historic Black Hills VA hospital in Hot Springs, S.D.

Veterans learn VA hospital dumped patient records with Social Security, personal info
Published August 03, 2015

A Veterans Affairs hospital in South Dakota has waited more than two months to notify 1,100 patients that files containing their Social Security numbers and other personal information were dumped in a trash bin.

The Rapid City Journal reports that the data breach at the VA Hot Springs hospital took place in May, but it wasn't until July 29 that anyone was notified. The paper said the breach was the most recent in a string of embarrassments that has engulfed the nation’s VA system over charges of doctored wait lists, poor care and wasteful spending.

The VA Black Hills Health Care System blamed the breach on an employee who mistakenly tossed the patient files in a Dumpster. The records were found two days later by another employee who fished them out of the trash and notified hospital security guards.

“The investigation found that during a regular office move, that the box of files were inadvertently throw in the receptacle, VA Black Hills spokeswoman Teresa Forbes told the paper, calling it “an unfortunate mistake.”

[newfie11]

1. Yes they did!!!

We live near Hot Springs and my husband uses that hospital.
It is closing down even though no one has admitted publicly to it.
There is only 1 doctor, no radiologists, multiple pharmacy techs have left due to cut backs.
This hospital pulls patients from Nebraska, Wyoming, and South Dakota.
It is a very long drive for many to even reach this hospital.

Sturges (Ft Meade VA Hosp) is around 100 miles from here so add that to the distance to drive.

Ft Meade was already overwhelmed before this started.

Btw there is already a sale listing for Hot Springs Hospital ( as the powers that be keep lying to us about it not closing)!

[pinboy3niner]

2. I tend to feel defensive about stories like this

VA health care is still rated as good as or better than any health care in the U.S. Vets like it, and all the major vet orgs are constantly fighting attempts to privatize VA care.

Every scandal in the vast VA system is used by the RW to further their efforts to privatize the VA. We should be outraged when these scandals occur. But we also should be mindful and point out the advantages and the benefits of the VA for vets.

[lonestarnot]

4. Prollee wingers that accidentally threw the records out to create a scandal.

[The River]

3. A Fox News Link?

More exaggerated hysteria from faux.
Mountain from molehill.
Don't spread their memes

Give us a summary and link but please don't cut and paste their crap