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Texas nurses indicted after filing board complaint against doctor
Is this a case of unhappy nurses acting on a vendetta against a doctor? Or has a doctor managed to criminalize the act of filing a complaint with the state Medical Board? These are the questions that... Read more...
Former Cedars-Sinai employee allegedly stole records, committed fraud
Once again a Los Angeles hospital is having trouble keeping its medical records private, but this time it's a much more drastic case. Now, a former employee from the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's... Read more...
University of Iowa discovers patient privacy violations
In yet another embarrassing breach of patient data by hospital staff members--including high-profile peeking at celebrity files at UCLA--officials at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics have... Read more...
CVS Caremark accused of violating patient privacy
A few weeks ago we told you that the cost of diabetes care had skyrocketed in recent years. Now pharmaceutical benefits manager CVS Caremark is accused of doing their part to make the trend worse.... Read more...
CA finalizes bills boosting patient privacy
California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a new law that imposes tougher penalties for violations of patient privacy as well as for serious medical errors. Under the terms of the bill, the... Read more...
