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Celebrities' medical records tempt hospital workers to snoop

By ProPublica  
   December 11, 2015

Snooping on celebrities has been a bane for health systems around the country for years. The proliferation of electronic medical records systems has made it easier to track and punish those who peek in records they have no legitimate reason to access. Below is a partial list of high-profile breaches and the consequences that accompanied them, compiled from news reports. October 2007: Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey suspended 27 workers without pay for a month for looking at the medical records of actor George Clooney, who had been treated there the prior month after a motorcycle accident.

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