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VA Sunshine Healthcare Network (VISN 8)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on September 27, 2012. Also cited in 369 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000080570, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 08 San Juan, PR
Issue:
Employee A found two EKG Strip Report of two Veterans with full name, full SSN signed by Employee B in the cafeteria. The documents were left unattended for about 1 hour. Update: 09/27/12:Two (2) Veterans will be sent letters offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being exposed.01/23/12:Update - One Veteran is deceased, therefore, one letter offering credit protection services will be sent, and a Next-of-Kin notification will also be sent.
Outcome:
Appropriate corrective actions should be given to employee for violations of VHA Privacy Policy CM No. 00-12-15 according to the Sanctions Clause V.A.5 (a,c&e).