手机已经成为谁都离不开的通讯工作，个人生活、社交生活、工作场所……，手机无所不在。那么，我们是否也可以用个人手机来收发患者信息呢？
Can I Use My Own Phone for Work?
Carolyn Buppert, MSN, JD
Question
Can smartphones be used to send texts about patients or to take photographs of them?
Smartphones in Healthcare Communication
A nurse in long-term care asks the following questions about the use of smartphones in healthcare:
• Is it appropriate for nurses to use their personal smartphones to communicate with physicians about patient issues?
• Is it appropriate to take photos of wounds or skin issues on a personal phone for any reason?
There are 2 categories of patient protections to consider when using a smartphone for communication: the patient's privacy and the patient's confidentiality.
With respect to photos, the patient needs to consent to it; otherwise, it is a breach of the patient's right to privacy. Once a photo is taken, the issue of confidentiality arises -- how will the photo be used? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) allows healthcare providers to divulge protected health information to those who need it for the purposes of treatment, payment, or healthcare operations. Protected health information is individually identifiable health information transmitted or maintained in any form by a covered entity (a nurse) or a covered entity's business associate.
So, if there is a photo of a patient's leg, and there is no name or other identifying information on the photo, and no one could tell whose leg it was (no identifying tattoos or other distinguishing marks), then HIPAA would not apply, because the leg isn't identifiable as being that of a specific individual. If a photo had the patient's name on it, then HIPAA would apply. If a photo with a patient's name on it was transmitted for treatment purposes -- say, a skin lesion photo was being transmitted to a dermatologist for an opinion on diagnosis -- that transmission could be HIPAA compliant, if the transmission was encrypted. However, if the person transmitting the photo made a mistake and transmitted it to the wrong person, then that would be a HIPAA violation.
原文网址：http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823879
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