Tennessee hospital faces civil rights investigation over release of transgender health records

The patients suing over the release of their information say VUMC should have removed personally identifying information before turning over the records because the hospital was aware of Tennessee authorities’ hostile attitude toward the rights of transgender people.

“The more we learn about the breadth of the deeply personal information that VUMC disclosed, the more horrified we are,” said attorney Tricia Herzfeld, who is representing the patients. “Our clients are encouraged that the federal government is looking into what happened here.”Meanwhile, Skrmetti has maintained he only requested the VUMC patient records because he’s involved in aover possible medical billing fraud and that he is not targeting patients or their families.

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