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Doctor-celebrity confidentiality: Does it even exist?
Christina Applegate is the latest celebrity to find her medical troubles in a tabloid. Patrick Swayze, Britney Spears...
Medical identity theft spreads
The problem of medical identity theft is on the rise, according to Pam Dixon, who heads a non-profit group called the...
Web Exclusive: What Are You Doing To Keep Patient Data Safe?
When a hospital’s patient data is compromised, the results are often costly and always embarrassing for those...
Medical privacy law fails to stop snooping
A review of state and federal records shows that dozens of Iowa healthcare workers have been disciplined by their...
More UCLA Medical Center employees peeked at celebrities’ records, state says
Despite UCLA Medical Center’s warnings that it was cracking down on unauthorized access to medical records, the...
Boston hospital: Forgers defrauded patients
A check forgery ring targeted patients at Boston-based New England Baptist Hospital, according to hospital and law...
Identity thieves prey on patients’ medical records
Identity thieves are using different methods to steal patient information from doctors’ offices, clinics and...
WellPoint customer data may have been accessed via Internet
Medical information such as Social Security numbers, pharmacy records and other personal health data from about 130,000...
Worker charged in New York City hospital file thefts
A patient admissions representative at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center was charged in...
Doctors got off lighter in UCLA snooping case
As a group, doctors at UCLA hospitals who snooped through Britney Spears’ medical files got off lighter than...