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South Central VA Health Care Network (VISN 16)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on February 13, 2013. Also cited in 317 other reports.
Report ID: PSETS0000085708, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 16 Oklahoma City, OK
Issue:
A Veteran who is also an employee stated he felt that his information may have been accessed inappropriately. The Privacy Officer (PO) ran the Sensitive Patient Access Report (SPAR) for the employee on 02/12/13. The employee apparently shared the SPAR with the supervisor and the PO received an email from employee's supervisor on 02/12/13 stating that there has been a breach. The supervisor states a particular employee accessed the record on 02/08/13 2 times and does not have a need to know and shouldn't be in anyone's medical record. Update: 02/13/13:Employee A will be sent a notification letter.
Outcome:
Violation was found and training has been conducted by the Privacy Officer to the staff on:02/27/2013 at 7:30 a.m.02/27/2013 at 8:30 a.m.02/27/2013 at 3:40 p.m.03/1/2013 at 8:30 a.m.03/4/2013 at 3:30 p.m.One employee who accessed the record retained menus and keys from previous position and those menus and keys have been removed.