Mactrope's Journal: 13 Fired for Looking at Britany Spear's Medical Records

From the "I can't believe Britany Spears is Slashdot Material" Dept.

The LA Times is reporting a minor scandal over Britany Spear's medical records.

UCLA Medical Center is taking steps to fire at least 13 employees and has suspended at least six others for snooping in the confidential medical records of pop star Britney Spears during her recent hospitalization in its psychiatric unit, a person familiar with the matter said Friday.

In addition, six physicians face discipline for peeking at her computerized records, the person said.

This happened not once, but twice. Staff were warned about this when the same celebrity had a baby.

It's good to see a high profile case but it means nothing if financial records are not made opaque. It won't do a patient any good if the credit and insurance records include all of the same information without the same and more safeguards.