The news that dozens of hospital staffers accessed A-lister George Clooney's medical records has the blogosphere, and some patients' rights groups, buzzing. If Clooney's records could be made public, couldn't anyone's?
The story, in brief: On Sept. 21 Cloone...
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Tomjoe
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at 07:52 AM -
George Clooney
Brad Jacobs MD MPH
Monday, October 29, 2007 at 11:09 AMOutstanding blog post!! I couldn't agree with you more. There is no excuse whatsoever for peering into someone's medical records. As a internist working in hospital systems for over 13 years, I can tell you first hand- this was/is totally inappropriate. Your blog post appropriately captures all the issues and provides outstanding context/perspective. Thank you for an excellent post!
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