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Northwest Network (VISN 20)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on November 14, 2011. Also cited in 208 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000068639, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 20 Portland, OR
Issue:
It appears that a VA employee accessed the medical record of a family member without a need to know on four different dates as listed below: NOV 08, 2011@08:38 SEP 27, 2011@10:41 JUL 27, 2011@15:05 JUL 07, 2011@07:43 Update: 11/15/11: The Veteran will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
A memo documenting the Privacy Officer's Fact Finding has been sent to Human Resources for disciplinary action along with a copy of the Sensitive record access log and the employee's Privacy and Information Security Training reports.