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Albany VA Medical Center: Samuel S. Stratton
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 5, 2014. Also cited in 28 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000107489, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: ALBANY NY - 528A8
Issue:
A VA employee called an HRC employee to discuss her brother's medications. She is not listed as NOK or designee. She was looking at his records in the computer and told the HRC employee that she was in his record looking at it. She was trying to help her brother but inappropriately accessed his record.
Outcome:
08/06/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that the patient will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being accessed inappropriately.