[In re: Stephanie Sicilia and Dr. Paul Zubritzky], (Dept. Health & Hum. Serv., Region III filed 2007).
Status: Health Information Privacy Complaint Form filed

A patient of obstetrician Dr. Paul Zubritzky filed a complaint under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which protects patient health information, after she discovered comments on the Facebook page of Stephanie Sicilia, an assistant to Dr. Zubritzky, that appeared to reveal private medical information about several patients, although without naming them. The complaint is pending.

Links and Court Documents:
http://www.wpxi.com/target11/18197265/detail.html
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081207-myspace-gripe-about-patient-sparks-federal-privacy-complaint.html
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/12/when-complainin.html

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