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Breach notice filed by VA St. Louis Health Care System (November 2019)

Organization named: VA St. Louis Health Care System Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory
Type as the source lists it: Unauthorized Access/Disclosure

What the sources say

HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice

Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of Nov. 21, 2019.

Organization as reported
VA St. Louis Health Care System, MO
Entity type as reported
Healthcare Provider
Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
Location of information as reported
Paper/Films
Submission date
Nov. 21, 2019
Observed by BreachRecords
2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 13128, row:4267)
Archived copy
Held in the private archive (provenance)

The covered entity (CE), the VA St. Louis Health Care System, reported that an employee mistakenly mailed letters that contained the protected health information (PHI) of 595 individuals, to the wrong recipients. The PHI involved included names, addresses, and treatment information. The CE notified HHS, affected individuals, and the media. In its mitigation efforts, the CE re-trained the responsible employee and implemented new mail procedures to better protect its PHI.

The source's own words, from the revision above.

Figures, per source

  • 595 individuals affected (total reported), according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, source date Nov. 21, 2019, revision observed 2026-10-18.

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Timeline

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  • Submission date (HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal)
  • Observed by BreachRecords (revision 13128)
  • Approved by a reviewer

Organizations linked by a reviewer

  • VA St. Louis Health Care System Named as the covered entity Provisional: identity as filed, not yet matched to the directory Linked 2026-10-19, method provisional.

Archived evidence

  • 3dbc27dd5742e041cc1e7fe18cc669e2901fbd3b86b7007ed27948ff4d406e1f
    text/csv, 5,530,996 bytes, retrieved from HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal, 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC. Archived privately · Provenance · Source page

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