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VA Health Care Upstate New York (VISN 2)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on April 26, 2012. Also cited in 132 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000074660, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 02 Buffalo, NY
Issue:
The Release of Information (ROI) office released a note with 7332 protected information without proper authorization. A protected diagnosis was listed in the problem list without being redacted. This was found during an audit of the ROI office. Update: 04/26/12:One Veteran will be sent a letter of notification.
Outcome:
Staff was disciplined and was trained again.