Three fired for accessing records of Tucson shooting victims
Three employees at Tucson's University Medical Center have been fired for improperly accessing the medical records of some of the victims in last Saturday's shooting spree outside an area mall that killed six people and wounded 13, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).
A nurse working under contract for the hospital has also been terminated by her employer, the medical center said in a brief statement on its Web site. Many of the victims, including Giffords, are being treated at the hospital. One person, Jared Loughner, is in custody in connection with the shootings.
According to UMC, three clinical support staff members were caught inappropriately accessing the confidential electronic medical records of some of the victims. The three were fired "in accordance with UMC's zero-tolerance policy on patient privacy violations."
