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VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 28, 2012. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000073433, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 St. Cloud, MN
Issue:
An employee received a notification that a document had been added to her E-OPF folder. She stated she went in to her electronic personnel folder to review the information and realized that the document belongs to another employee with the same last name. The employee to whom this document belongs had her name, full SSN and MN Board of Nursing license number on the document. Our Human Resources Department staff did not validate both first and last name prior to writing a SSN number on the document - which alerts the scanning staff which folder to put the document in to. Update: 03/28/12:Employee A will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The employee who wrote the incorrect SSN on the form will contact E-OPM and have the document removed from the incorrect file. The employee whose information was inappropriately put into another employee's folder will be advised that her folder has been corrected and that the documents it contains are her. The employee who discovered the incorrect document in her E-OPF folder will be advised that the erroneous document will be removed. CM letter sent to affected employee.