05/03/2013    

RESPONSES / COMMENTS (MEDICAL LEGAL) -PART 3

RE: Patients' Requests for X-Rays (Michael Brody, DPM)

From: Charles Morelli DPM

Dr. Brody stated that emailing copies of x-rays is a potential HIPAA violation. Whenever I do this, and do it with some degree of regularity, the digital image that is sent to the patient (or to anyone for that matter) has no information or demographics printed on it. There is absolutely no way to identify who the x-ray would belong to. Does this qualify as a potential HIPAA violation?

Charles Morelli, DPM, Mamaroneck, NY, podiodoc@gmail.com

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