On 08/20/12 10:27 AM, Cynthia Ashley-Nelson wrote:
In the US, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA) governs release of medical information, which includes any medium,
including spoken, written, or electronically stored. This includes videos,
photographs, and x-rays. The only person legally entitled to release this
information is the patient or individual holding medical power of attorney.
You can find more information here: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/
On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 5:38 AM, Dan Rosenthal <swatjes...@gmail.com> wrote:
As I'm running out the door, two things to point out factually:
1) people who work in U.S. hospitals are very often independent
contractors, especially physicians.
2) much medical diagnostic imaging is done on an outpatient basis at an
independent imager. Even if the imager has copyright, there's no way to
know whether there is a standing assignment agreement or not.
Additionally to confuse things, HIPAA mandates access to (but not
necessarily copyright in, though I haven't really looked at it) medical
records, as well as disclosure and protection requirements.
Dan Rosenthal
This US law won't apply if the X-rays are taken at a facility outside og
the United States.
Ray
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