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The privacy rule of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has made all physicians think more about their patients’ privacy. In addition to safeguarding health information in routine office practice, doctors now are starting to consider the effects of the regulations on other professional activities including professional clinical multimedia presentations. This article explains specifically where and how multimedia (e.g., images, video) patient information may be used and shared. Although HIPAA itself is a lengthy and detailed document, a few simple rules can be extracted, which when followed, ensure that neither presentations nor patient privacy need to be sacrificed.
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Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (2003, May) Summary of the HIPAA Privacy Rule, http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hipaa/privacy.html
45 CFR 160.103
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Goodell, K.H., Barnes, M., Heffernan, K.G. et al. Multimedia presentations in the age of the health insurance and accountability act. Surg Endosc 19, 285–288 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-004-8185-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00464-004-8185-6