More Hospital Employees looking at patients records

Earlier this year, there was news of some medical workers looking at the medical records of celebrities. UCLA Medical Center warned it’s employees that they would be cracking down on this unauthorized access, however 127 UCLA workers have been implicated recently.

• Story link from http://www.latimes.com/, posted on Aug 5, 2008 – http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health5-2008aug05,0,3890869,full.story

…twice as many medical center employees as had previously been reported peeked at confidential medical records at UCLA. Nearly 60 additional employees gained improper access to records between January 2004 and June 2006, bringing the total number of workers implicated in the growing scandal to 127.

…one employee — a former administrative specialist — looked at the records of 939 patients “without any legitimate reason”. She also looked at other personal information, including Social Security numbers, the state now says.