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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 March 16, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000059680, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Biloxi, MS
Issue:
Employee A accessed the record of Employee B who is Employee's A supervisor. Update: 03/16/11:Veteran/Employee B will receive a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
Supervisor discussed incident with employee and could not validate if access was intentional or accidental. Privacy Officer preparing notification to service chief requiring employee to retake privacy awareness course; ISO's continue to conduct sensitive record access audits.