Mar
14
VA investigating security breach of veterans’ medical data
VA investigating security breach of veterans’ medical data
Bob Brewin reports:
The Veterans Affairs Department’s inspector general has launched a criminal investigation into a physician assistant’s alleged downloading of veterans’ clinical data at its Atlanta medical center, sources have told Nextgov.
The assistant allegedly recorded two sets of patient data on to a personal laptop for research purposes. One set included three years’ worth of patient data and another held 18 years of medical information, according to a source familiar with the security breach and who asked not to identified.
But the source told Nextgov the VA inspector general is investigating whether the assistant used two thumb drives to transfer the data to the laptop.
The department has not disclosed the number of patients involved in the security breach incident, what kind of personal data was copied, or whether it plans to notify the veterans whose records were downloaded.
Read more on NextGov.
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