Hospital employees suspended after trying to access Clinton's medical record
HIPAA Weekly Advisor, September 20, 2004
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Columbian Presbyterian Medical Center in New York suspended 17 workers-including a doctor, several lab techs, and several supervisors-for attempting to look at the medical record of former president Bill Clinton, reports the Daily News.
Hospital spokeswoman Myrna Manners would neither confirm nor deny the allegations but explained that the hospital has a zero-tolerance policy for any situation that touches on patient privacy. "We train our staff to respect patient privacy and that includes the privacy of every patient," she told the Daily News.
According to the paper, the workers were caught after they tried to use their computer passwords to view the private records.
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