tci Part B Insider - 2014 Issue 30

Patient Privacy: Include Photography Rules in HIPAA Policy

Plus: Laptop theft places hospital in treacherous waters. Recent class-action lawsuits have highlighted the extremely expensive consequences of healthcare professionals who photograph or videotape patients inappropriately. If your organization photographs or records patients in the course of providing care, make sure your HIPAA policies contain strong parameters for this. Johns Hopkins Hospital recently agreed to a $190-million settlement with more than 8,000 patients of gynecologist Dr. Nikita Levy, following allegations that Levy secretly photographed and videotaped their bodies in the exam room, according to a July 24 blog posting by Florida-based attorneys Julie Gallagher and Leslie Schultz-Kin for...

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