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VA Southwest Health Care Network (VISN 18)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on August 24, 2011. Also cited in 228 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000066070, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 18 Prescott, AZ
Issue:
A Veteran employee is questioning why another VA employee accessed his medical records through CPRS on the following four dates: 07/10/11, 06/27/11, 07/03/10, 06/13/09. Update: 09/06/11:The employee did not have a need to know and should not have been accessing the records. One employee will be sent a letter offering credit protection services due to full name and full SSN being disclosed.
Outcome:
All four accesses were found to be inappropriate. The Service Line Manager and Human Resources were notified and the Privacy Officer suggested sanctions.