LITTLE ROCK — A University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences resident physician who was terminated in 2010 kept some patient lists and notes, breaching the confidential data of about 1,500 patients, the hospital said Monday.
Nasrin Fatemi produced the documents on Oct. 9 as part of her lawsuit against UAMS regarding her termination from a residency program.
In violation of hospital policies, she kept documents from January 2010 to June 2010 that contained patient names, partial addresses, medical record numbers, dates of birth, ages, locations of care, dates of service, diagnoses, medications, surgical and other procedure names, and laboratory results.
No social security, bank account, or credit card numbers were included with this information, the hospital said.
UAMS is notifying affected patients by mail and through its website.
On Nov. 7, UAMS became aware that additional documents the resident kept had been provided to UAMS attorneys. The records are now protected by a court order, which prevents them from becoming a public record and will prevent anyone from further using or disclosing the documents.
The resident also assured UAMS under oath that she did not share the documents with anyone except her attorneys, with whom she has a business associate agreement that specifically protects this information, the hospital said.
Patients who believe their information may have been included and have questions may visit www.uamshealth.com/breach or call a toll-free hotline at (888) 729-2755.
Arkansas, Pages 10 on 11/27/2012