http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health5-2008aug05,0,1525641.story



By Charles Ornstein

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

August 5, 2008



Even after UCLA Medical Center warned employees that it was cracking 

down on unauthorized access to medical records, the privacy of a 

"well-known individual" was breached by two nurses and an emergency room 

technician who called up the patient's computerized records in 

mid-April, according to a critical state report released Monday.



The California Department of Public Health also found that nearly twice 

as many medical center employees as had previously been reported peeked 

at confidential medical records at UCLA. Nearly 60 additional employees 

gained improper access to records between January 2004 and June 2006, 

the report said, bringing the total number of workers implicated in the 

growing scandal to 127.



Monday's report was the fifth by the public health agency following 

articles in The Times this year about UCLA employees' prying into the 

records of celebrities and prominent patients, including California 

First Lady Maria Shriver, actress Farrah Fawcett and singer Britney 

Spears.



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