[Intl_DxMedPhys] Patients taking photos of their medical imaging images

[Alison Roth]

I know that my OB's office doesn't let us take photos during ultrasound
appointments, just the printed photos. I haven't pushed back or asked why,
I think it was PHI driven though. It has been the same policy at both
hospital systems' OBs offices though.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2025, 1:17 PM Gary via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <
intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list at lists.osu.edu> wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> ---
> 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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> >I am privileged to live, learn and work on the unceded traditional
> >lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən languaged peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt
> >First Nations.
> >
>
>
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