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Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center

CLEVELAND OH - 541

Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on January 28, 2015. Also cited in 53 other reports.


Report ID: PSETS0000114448, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Reported Entity: CLEVELAND OH - 541

Issue:

The Columbus Information Security Officer (ISO) ran an audit log and found a Cleveland VA employee accessed her mother's CPRS record 1 time. Per her email, employee did it upon request of her mother which is inappropriate.

Outcome:

01/28/15: The Incident Resolution Service Team has determined that Veteran/Portent A will be sent a HIPAA notification letter due to Protected Health Information (PHI) being disclosed.

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