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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 May 10, 2012. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000075368, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Little Rock, AR
Issue:
Veteran A brought confidential information of another Veteran to the Mental Health Service. It was Veterans Appeals Control and Locator System (VACOLS) Appeal information from January 6, 2011. The VACOLS contains full SSN and medical information. Update: 05/11/12:The Veteran did not explain how he had the other Veterans informaiton. One Veteran will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
There was some sharing of information but it is not able to be determined since the individual that brought the information to the provider would not tell anything other than they had possession of the information.