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Atlanta VA Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 1, 2015. Also cited in 15 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000117488, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: DECATUR GA - 508
Issue:
A Veteran reported that he believes his ex-wife who works at this VAMC has been accessing his CPRS chart without his authorization or need to know to perform her job functions. We have received the access log from the ISO and the ex-wife was identified as accessing the record five times. We will conduct an interview.
Outcome:
04/01/15: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that Veteran A will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.