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sanitation@sanitation@lemmy.today

Woman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'

www.fashiontimes.co.uk/patient-privacy-concerns-meta-smart-glasses-1762492
Meta GlassesFashion timesWoman Calls Out Doctor Wearing Smart Glasses During Consultation Where She Had To Take Off Her Clothes: 'They Need To Be Banned'A woman's discomfort with a doctor wearing smart glasses during a consultation has sparked debate over privacy and the use of camera-equipped technology in healthcare settings.
atomicbocks@atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works

Replying to @⁨lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world⁩

I used to work at a hospital and I have experience with doctors who firmly believe that their comfort and convenience tops HIPAA and anything else. I had to file several violations for doctors who wouldn’t stop using SMS instead of their pagers. Every time their excuse was “I don’t like the pager, it’s old.”There is a nonzero chance that this doctor didn’t even continue thinking about the consequences beyond “but I need to have the latest thing”.

TranscendentalEmpire@TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today

Replying to @⁨atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works⁩

wouldn’t stop using SMS instead of their pagers. Every time their excuse was “I don’t like the pager, it’s old.

Wouldn’t stop using SMS instead of their pagers for what? My office still has pagers, but that’s mainly because we’re in the hospital’s basement and don’t have very good reception.

The rest of the hospital generally works off of sms for messaging when a patient is roomed, or for being on call. I don’t know how you could break hipaa using a sms in place of a pager.

TranscendentalEmpire@TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today

Replying to an earlier post

Doesn’t really matter what you use as long as you aren’t utilizing any protected health information (hpi). If you are using information that can identify a patient then you need to be using an approved encrypted device. Generally providers tend to avoid utilizing that type of information just out of habit.

You don’t really discuss patient information or their care with anyone over mobile devices. If you need input from someone directly concerning patient care you tend to do it over EMR so your colleagues have context about who you’re talking about.

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