HIPAA Q&A: You've got questions. We've got answers!
HIM-HIPAA Insider, August 18, 2014
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Submit your HIPAA questions to Editor Jaclyn Fitzgerald at jfitzgerald@hcpro.com and we will work with our experts to provide you with the information you need.
Q: Patients often send photographs of their babies who were delivered or cared for at the hospital where I work. Is posting a photograph either with or without the patient's name and a birth announcement a HIPAA violation?
A: While parents have voluntarily shared their babies' photographs with their healthcare providers, these photographs should not be posted in a public place because HIPAA considers a full-face photograph PHI. Posting these photographs in a staff-only area where viewing is limited to those involved in the provision of care is acceptable.
Editor’s note: Mary D. Brandt, MBA, RHIA, CHE, CHPS, vice president of health information at Baylor Scott & White Health in Temple, Texas, answered this question for HCPro’s Briefings on HIPAA newsletter.
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