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Alexandria VA Health Care System
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on December 29, 2014. Also cited in 16 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000113287, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: ALEXANDRIA LA - 502
Issue:
A VA Medical Support Assistant (MSA) gave a printout of Veteran As lab work to Veteran B, and asked Veteran B to hand it to the provider on her way back.
Outcome:
12/29/14: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that there was a policy violation. While there was an unauthorized access/disclosure of data, it has been determined that the incident has a low probability of a risk of compromise.