Bumped yet again. I'm sure someone out there in HIPAA-land has an
opinion, right?? :-)


--- In hipaaems@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Kelly" <cfems@...> wrote:
>
> [Bump]
>
> Anyone care to comment?
>
>
> --- In hipaaems@yahoogroups.com, "Jim Kelly" <cfems@> wrote:
> >
> > Many of you may have seen this from JEMS.com:
> >
> >
>
http://www.jems.com/news_and_articles/articles/Anatomy_of_Florida_Photo_\
> > Controversy.html
> >
> > I am interested in hearing views on this, first on the subject of the
> > taking of the pictures (forget the e-mailing of them for a moment).
> > Let's accept his premise that the purpose was as an "investigative and
> > educational tool." Was it appropriate to take them? Do you have a
> > policy on the taking of digital pictures on EMS calls? Are members
> > allowed to take them with their personal cameras? Department-issued
> > cameras only? If pics are allowed, how do you manage their
privacy and
> > security from a HIPAA perspective?
> >
> > More clear-cut (presumably) is that he shouldn't have e-mailed them.
> > This case demonstrates one reason: After you e-mail something you have
> > no control over it; there is no way to restrict who and to how many
> > others the intended recipients forward it to. In addition, you can't
> > control the security of the servers it resides on, for years perhaps.
> > Our philosophy of e-mail is that it is inherently insecure, and we
> > forbid the e-mailing of PHI except in a password-protected or
encrypted
> > form.
> >
> > Others?
> >
> > Jim
> >
>