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Hospital bans cell phones because of privacy concerns
Healthcare Security Weekly, March 24, 2008
A psychiatric hospital within the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) health system has banned all cell phones and notebook computers after a patient posted photos of other patients on a Web page, the Los Angeles Times reported March 18.
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The patients at Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA reportedly gave their consent to be photographed, a hospital spokesperson told the Times. However, hospital officials were worried about the possibility of photos being taken without consent and showing up online, particularly considering the mental conditions of some psychiatric patients.
Rather than examine every cell phone or computer for the presence of a camera, hospital officials decided to prohibit these items outright.
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