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Nov 18, 2008 12:33 PM

Breach of patient data by hospital staff

by rninformatics Staff

From Modern Healthcare.com

Employee fired, others suspended for snooping

Posted: November 17, 2008 - 3:00 pm EDT

Officials at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics are stepping up employee training and enforcement on patient privacy in the wake of a discovery that at least eight employees inappropriately accessed the records of a patient in the past month.


For full story see:
http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps.../REG/311179970


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