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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 March 7, 2013. Also cited in 132 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000086495, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 02 Buffalo, NY
Issue:
Employee A went into her electronic OPF file and found Employee B's performance rating in her file. She contacted Human Resources (HR). HR has removed the file from the wrong employee and re-scanned to the correct employee Update: 03/07/13:One employee will be sent a general notification letter.
Outcome:
item deleted from wrong eOPF file and scanned to correct file. Staff member educated on importance of double checking all pages and names on documents. Reviewed other employees eOPF that this employee scanned to make sure no other issues. None identified.