Schwarzenegger medical records accessed
p2pnet news | Freedom:- California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger says unauthorized people have poked into his hospital files, “just as someone at UCLA” examined the records of his wife, Maria Shriver.
Calling for stronger privacy protections, “It is not just UCLA,” the Los Angeles Times has him saying.
“This kind of thing has been happening all over the state, wherever there are celebrities involved … Everyone’s medical history ought to be protected. That is the responsibility of the hospital. So we are going to work with them and find a way.”
Google is showing an interest in medical records.
Maybe the University of California Medical Center should consider switching.
For now, “The center, one of the country’s leading medical institutions, learned last May that the security of the medical records had been breached after The National Enquirer printed an article about a recurrence of Ms. [Farrah] Fawcett’s cancer before she had told family members,” says the New York Times, adding:
“As soon as Ms. Fawcett’s lawyers notified hospital officials that they feared her medical records had been leaked to one or more tabloid newspapers, the center began an investigation, said Roxanne Moster, a spokeswoman.
“The investigation revealed that records of 61 patients, roughly half celebrities or politicians, had been opened by one unauthorized worker who had since quit.”
Los Angeles Times – Governor says his medical records were accessed, too, April 7, 2008
medical records – Google gets its hands on patient data, February 21, 2008
New York Times – California Hospital Faces Sanctions After Workers Wrongly Looked at Patient Records, April 8, 2008
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