Medical records sold to teacher as scrap paper

Information included histories, Social Security numbers of 28 patients. 

updated 2:28 p.m. ET, Mon., March. 10, 2008

SALT LAKE CITY – The medical records of 28 Central Florida Regional Hospital patients were sold last month at a Salt Lake City surplus store for about $20, a newspaper reported.

 

The records were sold to a local school teacher looking for scrap paper for her fourth-grade class, The Deseret Morning News of Salt Lake City reported Monday. The mixup is being blamed on a shipping problem.

“I’m aghast,” said Marcy Lippincott, a Florida attorney whose father’s records were among those sold. “I’m wondering who to sue. It’s a complete invasion of privacy. It’s appalling to think your records can be out there somewhere like that.”

 

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