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UCLA Dr.’s Get Off Light

Posted by britneyfan

April 15, 2008 |

medical-symbol.jpgRemember when Britney Spears was ‘visiting’ the UCLA Medical Center and during the course of all the excitement, some folks pried into Britney’s private files, then got caught doing it?

After all was said and done, 53 different people, 14 of which were doctors, reviewed her files even though they weren’t treating her, and that, in the medical record world, is a no-no.  Bad Dr.’s. Bad!!

It seems that being a doctor has it’s rank and privileges after all.

Of the 53 people, 18 non-doctors either resigned, retired or were ‘dismissed’, as the term is put, yet no doctors left, quit, or were fired.  I find that the elitist attitude of the medical world still runs strong.

Asked about the disparity in treatment, the deputy director for the state health department’s Center for Healthcare Quality, said: “I can’t speculate as to why.”  Of course not.

In the past, UCLA has explained that physicians are overseen by a group of their peers, while all other employees report to the human resources department. But on Friday, officials said all employees should be held to the same standards and should face similar discipline for similar wrongdoing, yet, the repercussions we see don’t reflect this new attitude they evidence to have.

UCLA officials said they are reviewing patient privacy practices and they would increase the security for patient records held in their networks.  (Anyone ever hear of passwords?)

It doesn’t even stop there with Britney’s latest visit.  Back in ‘05 when Britney gave birth to Sean Preston, staff scurried to their computers within minutes of her arrival and it’s been reported that then, 5 docs and 19 non-docs dug through her records and the non-docs got the harsh end of the stick with terminations and docs got their hands slapped.

These are people we are supposed to trust, yet like real estate agents, they are no different when presented with certain circumstances in how they respond to the temptations.

This is ridiculous.  There’s much more detail on the issue, and if you want to see more, I refer you to my source,  he Los Angeles Times online article.


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