RICHARD
04-07-2008, 06:28 PM
The hospital at UCLA (the teaching hopital associated with the University of California at Lost Angeles) has alittle problem concerning the privacy of the their patients.
Recently the news of Farrah Faucett's and Brittney Spears medical records being perused by employees of the facility has come to light.
One employee, who was not named by UCLA, was terminated for looking the records of 61 different patients. Why? AHs that run the gossip magazines and the websites pay inside people for information they use to boost sales and traffic to the sites.
Not only are there medical employees taking cash for info, there are law enforcement and regular service people that cash in on info
One reporter stated that medical info from a stars records could fetch "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to the right buyer.
FF's recent cancer diagnosis was on the airwaves before she had a chance to tell her son.
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I don't care about what info of mine goes into a computer-that's part of live in the 21st century. It the scumbags that have access to it that kinda bother me. No one is going to make money off of what is inside of my medical file. And I do understand the paranoia that some people have about their shopping purchases being tracked by the large markets they patronize.
Cheez Whiz, Top Ramen and Whiskas Cat Food? So what!
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Remember that most people in a hospital have access to some file that belongs to you or someone you know-that's another reason to be selective as to where you go for medical treatment. If you don't have that luxury, good luck!
Recently the news of Farrah Faucett's and Brittney Spears medical records being perused by employees of the facility has come to light.
One employee, who was not named by UCLA, was terminated for looking the records of 61 different patients. Why? AHs that run the gossip magazines and the websites pay inside people for information they use to boost sales and traffic to the sites.
Not only are there medical employees taking cash for info, there are law enforcement and regular service people that cash in on info
One reporter stated that medical info from a stars records could fetch "hundreds of thousands of dollars" to the right buyer.
FF's recent cancer diagnosis was on the airwaves before she had a chance to tell her son.
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I don't care about what info of mine goes into a computer-that's part of live in the 21st century. It the scumbags that have access to it that kinda bother me. No one is going to make money off of what is inside of my medical file. And I do understand the paranoia that some people have about their shopping purchases being tracked by the large markets they patronize.
Cheez Whiz, Top Ramen and Whiskas Cat Food? So what!
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Remember that most people in a hospital have access to some file that belongs to you or someone you know-that's another reason to be selective as to where you go for medical treatment. If you don't have that luxury, good luck!