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VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 15, 2012. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000075515, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Omaha, NE
Issue:
Human Resources sent the Union a letter regarding the diagnosis of an employee they were representing. The letter stated why they were let go of their job due to not being able to perform the job duties due to the diagnosis. The Union asked for this information to be shared with the employee, not the Union as the Union saw this as a privacy violation because the Veteran didn't authorize VA to send the employee's medical information to the Union. Update: 05/15/12:The employee will be sent a letter of notification due to medical information being disclosed.
Outcome:
The Union did not request the document be sent to them nor did the Veteran request that it be sent to them. PO have communicated with the HR Chief regarding this incident and asked that she educated all staff.