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Note to Hospitals: Dont Snoop on The Governors Wife

Posted on October 02, 2008

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger yesterday signed into law two bills designed to protect patient privacy. This isn t terribly surprising, given that unauthorized hospital employees recently snooped in the medical file of his wife, Maria Shriver.To be fair, it wasn t just Shriver the privacy of dozens of high-profile patients at UCLA Medical Center, including Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett, was violated when unauthorized employees looked at their files. (The hospital says it has fired some employees and made changes to prevent future violations.)What s more, plenty of folks ha...

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