[Intl_DxMedPhys] Patients taking photos of their medical imaging images

[Bob Kobistek]

Does Canada have the equivalent of the US’s HIPAA? Here, it’s plain and simple – no photos taken anywhere in the hospital where PHI can exist.


Robert J. Kobistek, MS, FACR, DABR, MRSE(MRSC™)
Medical Physicist
RJK Medical Physics, Inc.
440-463-7879

From: Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list <intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list-bounces at lists.osu.edu> On Behalf Of Baxter, Patricia [ISLH] via Intl_dxmedphys_wd_osu_list
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Subject: [Intl_DxMedPhys] Patients taking photos of their medical imaging images

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
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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