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14 More Called Out for Medical Snooping

State says 68 people peeked at celebrities' files at UCLA center

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 13, 2008 9:36 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Fourteen more staffers at the UCLA medical center have been accused of snooping in celebrities’ files, raising the number to 68, the Los Angeles Times reports. A new state report blames UCLA for its lack of privacy protection and for failing to report the snooping to authorities. It also provides more details about an administrator who reportedly looked at the files of Farrah Fawcett and sold information to tabloids.

The report said Lawanda Jackson, who has been indicted on charges of selling patient information, viewed the files of Fawcett 104 times. She and 14 others, including doctors, nurses, and contractors, also looked at files belonging to Britney Spears. UCLA has not decided how to punish the snoopers, though it has disciplined a Jackson co-worker who provided her with log-in information to see the files.

A security guard and a photographer stand outside of the ambulance entrance to the at the UCLA Medical Center emergency room in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.
A security guard and a photographer stand outside of the ambulance entrance to the at the UCLA Medical Center emergency room in Los Angeles on Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008.   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
In this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo, singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner has authorized the lawyers who represent Britney Spears and her family in various legal cases to be paid more...
In this Dec. 1, 2007 file photo, singer Britney Spears poses on the press line at the Scandinavian Style Mansion party in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles County Superior Court commissioner has authorized the...   (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg, File)
This 1977 file photo provided by ABC shows actresses Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett, from left, as private investigators in the television series Charlie's Angels.
This 1977 file photo provided by ABC shows actresses Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith and Farrah Fawcett, from left, as private investigators in the television series "Charlie's Angels."   (AP Photo/ABC)
In this photo released by UCLA, an exterior view of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is seen June 4, 2007, in Los Angeles.
In this photo released by UCLA, an exterior view of the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is seen June 4, 2007, in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/UCLA, Bob Riha, Jr.)
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The Health Department's report (PDF)
Los Angeles Times

Medical records and privacy
Wall Street Journal

 
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