US UCLA Health System 2008 Misuse (Q10169)
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A data breach risk event
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US UCLA Health System 2008 Misuse
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A data breach risk event
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January 2008
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UCLA Health System has agreed to pay a fine of $865,000 and to develop a correction action plan to settle potential HIPAA privacy violations involving improper disclosures of medical records at its three hospitals, the federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR) reports. OCR launched the investigation in 2009, following complaints by two unnamed celebrities that their medical records had been compromised. The government probe revealed that from 2005 to 2008, unauthorized employees repeatedly looked at the electronic protected health information of numerous other UCLAHS patients, according to an OCR press release. The Los Angeles Times reports that violations allegedly occurred at all three UCLAHS hospitals: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center, and Orthopaedic Hosp (English)
