Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Coming to a Hospital Near You...

In the new age of social media, Wabash General Hospital is taking steps to ensure patients' privacy.

At Monday's regularly scheduled WGH Board of Directors meeting, Tamara Gould, vice president of clinical services, share that the new policy is essentially a extension of HIPPA.

"We're trying to limit protected health information from being put out where it shouldn't be — to protect the privacy of our patients and employees," she said.

Gould continued to say that the hospital will be putting signs out in public areas, requesting that visitors who have any portable electronic devices with cameras to have them out. Additionally, if people want to take photos of a family member or friend, the hospital asks that the physician or staff member is present to make sure consent is given by all parties involved.

The policy will protect not only patients, but employees as well.

"Some of our employees may not want their picture taken and posted all over Facebook or Twitter," Gould said.

The board approved the new policy unanimously.


This came from the Mt. Carmel Register, a newspaper in Illinois. As an employee in a hospital, I can assure you that all hospitals take their patient's and employees privacy rights VERY seriously, and if this works for one hospital, expect to see it all over the country soon.

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