[ Monday, August 11, 2014 ]
Baby Pictures = HIPAA Violation. OK,
this article has made a big splash, and it's generated a lot of talk in the HIPAAverse. And it's generally accurate, but there's a lot unexplained around the margins. Yes, baby pictures are PHI if the baby is/was a patient of the practice. But a consent form is a pretty simple document, one that every covered entity should have as a handy and ready-to-use form, and it's simple to ask a parent/patient to sign it before you put their kid's picture up on the wall (it could even be part of the patient sign-in packet). Pretty much everyone who provides you with a picture would be willing to do so.
Jeff [2:15 PM]
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