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Ready for some BAD advice? As in advice from the British Association of Dermatology. We review their guidance. They provide guidance that is of interest, not just for dermatologists, but all doctors that work in the UK.
Here we discuss Canadian recommended best practice relating to the use of smartphones for clinical photography. Provincial/territorial colleges have provided some recommendations; however, the Canadian Medical Association has tried to bring it all together by publishing their recommendations.
Taking medical selfies and sharing them with doctors empowers and reassures healthcare consumers, and can improve doctor-patient relationships.
On May 13, 2019, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) released a report summarizing notifications received under the notifiable data breaches (NDB) scheme. This is included some interesting stats for the first 12 months of the scheme.
This article looks at medical photography on mobile devices from a Neurosurgeon perspective. In short, medical photography is a very useful tool, and you should be aware of HIPAA's rules.
An interesting article in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald discusses how healthcare security measures are generally not commensurate with the sensitivity of the data and the incentives that criminals have to illegally gain access to it.
PicSafe version 2.7 has just hit the App Store and Google Play. Among other things, you can now send to the PicSafe Cloud; we have translated the consent screen to 19 different languages, and we now integrate seamlessly with FHIR.
PicSafe enables you to capture photos, video and audio and upload reports to the "PicSafe Cloud". This makes it super easy to get photos from your phone to your computer.
To make it easier to get consent from patients that don't speak English as their first language, the PicSafe app now has the consent screen in 19 different languages.
PicSafe now supports Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR). FHIR is the emerging standard for exchanging health information to and from electronic health records.
Australian Edition.
Summary, video and link to download the guidelines.
Summary and link to download the guidelines.
Summary and link to download the guidelines.
Summary and link to download the guidelines.