April 07, 2008

More Privacy, Security Breaches at UCLA Medical Center

California first lady Maria Shriver is among more than 30 celebrities and other high-profile patients who had their confidential records breached at UCLA Medical Center, medical officials said. The woman responsible, whose name was not released, is the same employee who sneaked into actress Farrah Fawcett's medical records, officials told the Los Angeles Times on Sunday. That worker was fired in May 2007 after UCLA learned of the widespread breaches, but patients were not notified, the hospital said. In all, the woman improperly looked at 61 patients' medical records in 2006 and 2007, according to state and local medical officials.

More Snooping Into UCLA Medical Records, Associated Press, April 7, 2008.