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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on September 4, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000079812, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Muskogee, OK
Issue:
A VA employee was faxing some additional purchase order documents to a vendor and accidently sent a copy of the information to the vendor. Update: 09/05/12:The information is a list of open consults which contained the type of consult, tname and full SSN for 31 Veterans. Each Veteran will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Employee has been canceled regarding privacy issue.