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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)

VISN 16 New Orleans, LA

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 17, 2011. Also cited in 317 other reports.


Report ID: SPE000000058520, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: VISN 16 New Orleans, LA

Issue:

Employee accessed remote data in CPRS on another Employee(Veteran) and disclosed the information to another employee (manager) Update: 02/18/11:Employee will receive a letter offering credit protection services since thier full SSN was exposed.

Outcome:

The employees was sanctioned and will be provided additional privacy training.

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