Re: HIPPA violation
From: D. Ashley Hill (dahmd@cfl.rr.com)
Fri May 26 12:13:54 2006
Our legal people told us to obtain permission from parents. They sign
and date the back of the photo, otherwise we don't put them on the wall.
Ashley
At Fri, 26 May 2006, Myer Bornstein wrote:
>
>Well we have baby pictures posted on a bulletin board in the office for all
>to see. First since there are no names , who is to know who it is.
>Secondly that photography doesn't know the HIPAA law
>
>Myer
>
> _____
>
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Meenan,
>Anna
>Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:18 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Re: HIPPA violation
>
>So, yeah, don't you get it, Glen? What if someone was to see one of those
>pictures and RECOGNIZE the baby? Then they would know that the kid had
>been BORN. Don't you realize how traumatic it could be for anyone to have
>strangers find out that, way back in their murky past, they had been (gasp!)
>BORN??????
>
>Anna Meenan, MD (world champion at avoiding the camera)
>
> The photographer then stated that it could NOT be taken at my desk because
>all the baby pictures behind my desk were a HIPPA violation if seen in a
>picture. Like any good obstetrician, I have a few hundred baby pictures and
>several of me with a cheesy grin on my board behind my desk. I told them
>its what I do for a living, if they don't like it they can go find a picture
>somewhere else.
>
>So, they didn't get their picture of me since I'm sure if THAT is a HIPPA
>violation, seeing my ugly mug in a book is some sort of violation!
>
>Glen
>
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