HIPAA and Video Surveillance of Surgery
By Rebecca Herold (The Privacy Professor) CIPP, CISSP, CISM, CISA, FLMI
A Rhode Island Hospital was fined $150,000 after a surgeon operated on the wrong finger of a patient, and now the hospital must install video cameras in all of its operating rooms. Of course video surveillance will not PREVENT such incidents from happening, but knowing such recordings are being made will likely make surgeons much more careful…
