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Veterans In Partnership (VISN 11)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on May 25, 2012. Also cited in 213 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000076061, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 11 Danville, IL
Issue:
An employee at VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville reported that she had taken test result reports of three different Veterans to a copy machine in her area to make copies in an attempt to provide a better quality of the report. This was at approximately 2:00 PM. When she got to the copy machine it needed maintenance before it could be used. The employee proceeded to take care of the copy machine issue. The next morning at 8:30 AM the employee remembered about the papers and could not locate them. She then reported that the papers were missing. Update: 05/29/12:Three (3) Veterans will be sent notification letters.
Outcome:
HR will work with the service on a disciplinary action. Also, the process to be reviewed and further training provided to service.