According to a source familiar with the situation, at least 50 employees may have been fired from Northwestern Memorial Hospital for violating the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act when they accessed the medical profile and record of actor Jussie Smollett without authorization, NBC Chicago reports. Due to the nature of the terminations, a spokesman for the hospital said he could not discuss the situation, but a nurse who wished to remain anonymous said, "Officially, we have been told that every employee involved in the breach of Mr. Smollett’s HIPAA information was terminated."
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