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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 November 16, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000082419, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Fayetteville, AR
Issue:
Patient A called and was very upset about x-wife who is a VA employee accessing his medical record. ISO marked the record sensitive but there is no way of finding out if x-wife actually went in medical record. Update: 11/16/12:Patient A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
ISO restricted medical record and made it sensitive.