Mobile Point-of-Care Medical Photography: Legal Considerations for Health Care Providers

Capturing Essentials in Wound Photography Past, Present, and Future: A Proposed Algorithm for Standardization

“…Authorization of the patient’s consent should be incorporated into the admission, including confirming the patient’s decision-making ability and establishing a healthcare proxy for those who lack capacity 39 . A documented consent form serves to protect both the patient and provider in the court of law and poses significant risk in medicolegal setting when not implemented appropriately, as witnessed in cases including, but not limited to, Ashcraft v King , Duncan v Scottsdale Medical Imaging , and Siegel v Mt Sinai Hospital of Cleveland 39 .…”

“…Authorization of the patient’s consent should be incorporated into the admission, including confirming the patient’s decision-making ability and establishing a healthcare proxy for those who lack capacity 39 . A documented consent form serves to protect both the patient and provider in the court of law and poses significant risk in medicolegal setting when not implemented appropriately, as witnessed in cases including, but not limited to, Ashcraft v King , Duncan v Scottsdale Medical Imaging , and Siegel v Mt Sinai Hospital of Cleveland 39 . Inadequate photography can lead to a false sense of inadequate care in a medicolegal setting; however, standardization of photographs removes bias and decreases the risk of discredited documentations because systematic image capturing will show the progression of wound care.…”

Capturing essentials in wound photography past, present, and future

“…Authorization of the patient's consent should be incorporated into the admission, including confirming the patient's decision-making ability and establishing a healthcare proxy for those who lack capacity 39. A documented consent form serves to protect both the patient and provider in the court of law.…”

“…A documented consent form serves to protect both the patient and provider in the court of law. Failure to implement the form appropriately poses significant risk in medicolegal settings, as witnessed in cases including, but not limited to, Ashcraft v King , Duncan v Scottsdale Medical Imaging , and Siegel v Mt Sinai Hospital of Cleveland 39. Inadequate photography can lead to a false sense of inadequate care in a medicolegal setting; however, standardization of photographs removes bias and decreases the risk of discredited documentations because systematic image capturing will show the progression of wound care.…”

“…Authorization of the patient's consent should be incorporated into the admission, including confirming the patient's decisionmaking ability and establishing a healthcare proxy for those who lack capacity. 39 A documented consent form serves to protect both the patient and provider in the court of law. Failure to implement the form appropriately poses significant risk in medicolegal settings, as witnessed in cases including, but not limited to, Ashcraft v King, Duncan v Scottsdale Medical Imaging, and Siegel v Mt Sinai Hospital of Cleveland.…”