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Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center

MILWAUKEE WI - 695

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on October 1, 2014. Also cited in 69 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000109877, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: MILWAUKEE WI - 695

Issue:

Allegations from Employee in Service that another specified Employee is reading Veteran health records without a business purpose. Will review sensitive accesses to determine if there are business processes associated with them, and then work with management if there were not.

Outcome:

10/17/14: The Privacy Officer (PO) determined that one of the two employees accused of inappropriate access has no defense for a series of accesses. 10/27/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team determined that the employee whose record was accessed will receive a HIPAA letter of notification.

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