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In brief: Physicians should obtain express consent from patients to use clinical photographs and videos for educational or promotional purposes. Consent forms are appropriate. Remove any personal identifiers to protect patient confidentiality. If practising in a hospital or institution, be aware of the organization’s policies. Physicians ...
Dec 10, 2020 · 7.2.1 Bottom Line. Photography has become an integral part of medical care and as such is subject to the medico-ethical guidelines that result in respectful and appropriate patient care. Patient autonomy and informed consent ensure that the patient has authority over his or her medical information.
- Sarah Mattessich, Jane M. Grant-Kels
- 2020
Dec 9, 2022 · The advent of digital photography in the early 1990s coincided with the enactment of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in 1996. Providers have since carefully navigated the medico-legal landscape of medical photography. Under HIPAA, patients are legally entitled to the protection of their health information.
Jan 6, 2018 · Clinical photography is rapidly becoming a routine aspect of health care, particularly in visually oriented fields such as dermatology.1-3 These clinical images generally are used for 3 broad categories: publication, education, and clinical documentation.2 While modern bedside photography has enhanced documentation, medical and patient education, and communication between treating clinicians ...
- Tiana Kazemi, Kachiu C. Lee, Lionel Bercovitch
- 2018
Medical photography plays a crucial role in supporting diagnosis. High-quality images can capture details that might be missed during a physical examination, aiding in the identification of conditions such as skin diseases, oral pathologies, and wound infections. Dermatologists, for example, rely heavily on photographic documentation to monitor ...
Jun 28, 2016 · The DICOM standard for both storing and communicating medical images exams was initially created in early 1990s, and has been well adopted by medical imaging modalities in Radiology, Cardiology, Ophthalmology, and the many departments that utilize Ultrasound imaging.
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Feb 24, 2015 · Informed consent for medical photography may not necessarily operate in the same way that traditional medical informed consent for treatment does. Generally, informed consent requires disclosure of the diagnosis, the proposed treatment's probable success, other alternative treatments and their respective success rates, and the possible risks and complications that accompany each option 23 .
