Mobile Point-of-Care Medical Photography: Legal Considerations for Health Care Providers.

IF 0.3 4区 医学 Q3 LAW
Page Y Underwood, Kirk D Wyatt, Clara Greaney, Chris Derauf, Richard A Uribe, Joseph M Colaiano, Thomas R Hellmich
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Abstract

Medical photographs have been used for decades to document clinical findings. The ease with which medical photographs can be captured and integrated into the electronic health record (EHR) has increased as digital cameras obviated the need for the film development process. Today, cameras integrated into smartphones allow for high-resolution images to be instantly uploaded and integrated into the EHR. With major EHR vendors offering mobile smartphone applications for the conduct of point-of-care medical photography, health care providers and institutions need to be aware of legal questions that arise in the conduct of medical photography. Namely, (1) what are the requirements for consent when taking medical photographs, and how may photographs be used after consent is obtained, (2) are medical photographs admissible as evidence in court, and (3) how should a provider respond to a request by a patient or parent requesting that a photograph be deleted from the medical record? Herein, we review relevant laws and legal cases in the context of accepted standards of medical practice pertaining to point-of-care medical photography. This review is intended to aid health care providers and institutions seeking to develop or revise policies regarding using a mobile application at their clinical practice.

移动医疗摄影:医疗保健提供者的法律考虑。
几十年来,医学照片一直被用来记录临床发现。随着数码相机消除了胶片冲洗过程的需要,医疗照片的拍摄和集成到电子健康记录(EHR)中的便利性增加了。今天,集成到智能手机中的摄像头允许高分辨率图像立即上传并集成到电子病历中。随着主要的电子病历供应商提供移动智能手机应用程序进行即时医疗摄影,医疗保健提供者和机构需要意识到在进行医疗摄影时出现的法律问题。即:(1)拍摄医疗照片时,同意的要求是什么,以及在获得同意后,照片可以如何使用,(2)医疗照片是否可作为法庭证据,以及(3)提供者应如何回应患者或家长要求从病历中删除照片的请求?在此,我们回顾了相关的法律和法律案件的背景下,接受标准的医疗实践有关的点护理医学摄影。本综述旨在帮助医疗保健提供者和机构寻求制定或修改有关在临床实践中使用移动应用程序的政策。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Legal Medicine is the official quarterly publication of the American College of Legal Medicine (ACLM). Incorporated in 1960, the ACLM has among its objectives the fostering and encouragement of research and study in the field of legal medicine. The Journal of Legal Medicine is internationally circulated and includes articles and commentaries on topics of interest in legal medicine, health law and policy, professional liability, hospital law, food and drug law, medical legal research and education, the history of legal medicine, and a broad range of other related topics. Book review essays, featuring leading contributions to the field, are included in each issue.
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