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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 10, 2011. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000065601, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 Bay Pines, FL
Issue:
A Release of Information (ROI) clerk inappropriately disclosed Veteran A's medical records on an expired authorization Update: 08/10/11:Due to the full SSN and medical information being exposed without proper authorization, Veteran A will receive a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The employee who inappropriately released medical records on the expired authorization was verbally counseled and retrained in VHA Privacy Policy as well as given additional training on the processing of records requests.