Thirteen staff members at UCLA Medical Center are under investigation after they reportedly accessed Britney Spears' medical records without authorization during her hospitalization in the psychiatry ward in January.

According to The Los Angeles Times, Spears' non-psychiatric medical records were accessed by the staff members, none of which were doctors. The paper said the staff members would be fired for snooping and 12 others, including some physicians, would be disciplined.

Spears' medical records were not leaked to the press.

UCLA released a report Friday, saying, "When possible confidentiality breaches arise, UCLA immediately launches an investigation and appropriate disciplinary action would then be initiated. Due to the confidential nature of both patient and personnel issues, no further information is available."

Deborah C. Peel, MD, founder of Patient Privacy Rights, said there was nothing unusual about this breach.

In fact, less than six months ago, Palisades Medical Center in New Jersey suspended more than two dozen employees without pay for accessing George Clooney's medical records when he was admitted for a motorcycle injury.

This isn't the first time Spears' medical records have been peeked at, either. In 2005, when she gave birth to her first son at UCLA, several workers were fired for snooping into her records.

Peel says this is the nightmare of electronic health records.