Hospital workers fired for posting patient photos online
Associated Press, September 23, 2008
Two University of New Mexico Hospital employees have been fired for using cell phone cameras to photograph patients receiving treatment, primarily in the hospital's emergency room, and then posting the images to MySpace. Although the employees' profiles on the social networking site were private, they were discovered after a hospital supervisor received an anonymous tip.
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