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VA NY/NJ Veterans Healthcare Network (VISN 3)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on March 25, 2011. Also cited in 59 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000060017, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 03 East Orange, NJ
Issue:
A VA Employee went into a Veteran A's medical record. Veteran A volunteers in the area. The Medical Center Director wants to provide Veteran A with credit monitoring. Veteran A is uncomfortable knowing that a VA Employee accessed his information. Update: 03/28/11:It is not known why the employee accessed the Veterans record. The Veteran is a volunteer at the facility and is not receiving treatment at this time. There was no need for the employee to acces the record. Veteran will be sent a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The Service counseled the employee. The Director wants to provide this patient with credit monitoring even though this may be considered a lowrisk incident. This case was closed in August 2010. It was not entered into PVTS which was an error. This patient is still concerned regarding this invasion into his medical record and that is why we are requesting credit monitoring in this case.