[Intl_DxMedPhys] Patients taking photos of their medical imaging images

[Gary]

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Why not give the patient a CD or even a download link for the images?  It would be easy to implement a personal download link.  Don't most facilities use some kind of patient portal already?  It might take effort to set up, but once going it would take no effort at all.


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Thanks,
Gary Isenhower
713-444-9957
garyi at paxradia.com


On Fri, 1 Aug 2025 16:43:47 +0000, "Baxter, Patricia \[ISLH\] via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list" <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

>Hello List-server
>
>(Sent this to the wrong email before, let’s try it again)
>
>We have received a patient complaint about not being allowed to take a
>photograph of their x-ray images during their examination. Their
>argument is that LLM and AI can help them figure out what to do next
>on their individual health journey.   We do allow patients to put in a
>request for their imaging to be burnt to disc, or other electronic
>medium for them to take with them, and normally that suffices, even if
>there is a bit of a delay in that process.  So we are not restricting
>access – but we are delaying it.
>
>We haven’t had to do deal with this before, so a policy is late in
>being created. The questions that I have are:
>
>  *   Do your institutions allow for patient photography of their
> images in the examination?
>  *   Do you have a policy indicating why or why not? (Could you share
> that policy?)
>
>Much appreciated, any responses. You can either reply to me privately
>or through the list. Either will be helpful.
>
>Pat
>
>
>Patricia Baxter, MSc, MCCPM (she/her)
>Island Health: Leader, Radiation Safety, Imaging Physics and Quality
>Control Diagnostic Imaging Physicist
>Cell: 250.361.7261
>E-mail:
>patricia.baxter at islandhealth.ca<mailto:patricia.baxter at islandhealth.ca>
>
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