Hospital workers axed for snooping

Saturday, May 7, 2011 6:01 PM By dwi

MINNEAPOLIS, May 7 (UPI) -- Allina says it has fired 32 employees at two of its Minneapolis-area hospitals for privacy violations.

After auditing its electronic scrutiny records, Allina found the patient tending employees had accessed patient scrutiny records without a legitimate scrutiny reason. Allina fired 28 employees at Unity Hospital in Fridley and quaternary at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, Allina spokesman king Kanihan said.

were fired Thursday, the metropolis Star Tribune reported.

The records accessed were related to a mass drug overdose at a party that took locate in March.

"We hit a rattling demanding zero-tolerance policy for this kind of thing," Kanihan said.


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