Knowledge of healthcare professionals about rights of patient’s images

Caires, Bianca Rodrigues; Lopes, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira; Okuno, Meiry Fernanda Pinto; Campanharo, Cássia Regina Vancini; Batista, Ruth Ester Assayag

doi:10.1590/s1679-45082015ao3207

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“…The difference in the number of correct answers can be explained by the fact that question 10 addresses the use of the patient's image in scientific works and events. Caires and collaborators 21 showed that most health professionals use images of patients in clinical cases and studies, which explains their greater knowledge regarding this topic. The fact that all general surgeons in our study answered question 10 correctly may be related to the more frequent use of the patient's image -as it is commonly needed for surgical planning, documentation of procedures and demonstration of techniqueswhen compared to family and community physicians, for example (whose rates of correct answer reached 53.8%).…”

Section: Use Of Patient Imagementioning

confidence: 99%

Publicidade médica em tempos de medicina em rede

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Resumo Este artigo objetiva avaliar o conhecimento de médicos sobre marketing de serviços de saúde. Trata-se de estudo prospectivo transversal com formulário autoaplicado que abarcou dados sociodemográficos, conhecimentos acerca da publicidade e opinião sobre o tema. Os resultados apontam que 60,7% e 67,5% dos médicos formados em instituições privadas e públicas, respectivamente, afirmam não ter tido contato com o tema durante a graduação, 62,9% declararam já ter enfrentado dificuldade por falta de conhecimento no assunto, e 94,5% sentiram necessidade de se atualizar depois de responder ao questionário. Os médicos participantes mostraram bom conhecimento, com dificuldades específicas sobre a divulgação de títulos, produtos e informações de alerta à população. Conclui-se ser necessário abordar o assunto no currículo formal durante a graduação e elaborar medidas educativas mais objetivas.

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Section: Use Of Patient Imagementioning

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“…Nonetheless, there is a growing global consensus that privacy, confidentiality of medical information, right to treatment refusal, proper information on healthcare services, and acknowledgment of relevant risk of medical procedures are universal patients’ rights. 1 Promoting patients’ rights must be a priority for healthcare policy makers all over the world. Adopting patients’ rights regulations is a quality assurance measure that promotes health ethics and protects patients against discrimination.…”

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Operationalization of patients’ rights in Sudan: Quantifying nurses’ knowledge

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Mahgoub²,

Abdelgadir

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Background: Promoting patients’ rights is essential for defining the standards of clinical services within a country. Given their responsibilities, nurses can be the primary target for research to investigate the issue of patients’ rights within a healthcare system. As such, assessing the knowledge of nurses about patients’ rights is an essential step toward improving the quality of healthcare in limited resource settings like Sudan. Objectives: We aimed to assess the level of knowledge about patients’ rights among the nursing staff at Friendship Teaching Hospital in Sudan. Methods: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was carried out at the Friendship Teaching Hospital in Sudan. We surveyed the totality of nurses (95) at the hospital using an amended survey. The data were analyzed in SPSS software using descriptive and inferential statistics. Ethical consideration: The study was approved by the Research Unit of Khartoum Ministry of Health and the Hospital administration. All respondents gave verbal consent prior to participating in the study. Results: Only 48.4% of the participants knew about the existence of the Sudanese Charter of patients’ rights. Nonetheless, our analysis found that 65.8% of nurses had acceptable level of knowledge (scored more than 75% of the total knowledge score) of patients’ rights, and none of the participant scored less than 50% of the total knowledge score. Finally, we found no statistical association between the knowledge score and demographic data, educational level, whether the participant knows about the existence of the Charter or not and a number of other factors. Conclusion: Nurses’ lack of knowledge about the existence of the Sudanese Charter of patients’ rights adopted in 2009 rights confirms the need for further efforts by Ministry of Health to promote the document. Furthermore, further research is needed to investigate the disconnect between nurses’ lack of knowledge about the existence of the charter and their awareness of the rights within the charter as well as the actual implementation of rights.

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“…The included studies were published between 1994 and 2020. Almost half of the studies (13/30, 43%) were published in open access [ 3 , 6 , 7 , 11 , 15 , 21 - 23 , 25 , 30 , 31 , 36 ]. The studies were performed in countries from all continents, from both high– and low–research-intensive countries.…”

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“…A small number of studies (4/20, 20%) investigated other health professionals’ opinions regarding ethical publishing of medical photography, involving residents, students, nurses, nursing technicians, and physical therapists [ 11 , 30 , 31 , 35 ]. These studies reported that health professionals in general had a lack of knowledge regarding the need to obtain patient written consent and the use of patient medical photographs in general.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…These studies reported that health professionals in general had a lack of knowledge regarding the need to obtain patient written consent and the use of patient medical photographs in general. A survey of nursing staff, physical therapists, and physicians reported a lack of knowledge of both verbal and written consent for taking patient photographs [ 11 ], whereas undergraduate and postgraduate students considered that verbal consent was sufficient for medical image publication [ 30 , 35 ]. Similarly, in the study by Kunde et al [ 31 ], 4 out of 13 dermatology registrars reported that they used verbal consent for taking photographs of patients for publishing purposes.…”

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Publishing Identifiable Patient Photographs in Scientific Journals: Scoping Review of Policies and Practices

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Background Publishing identifiable patient data in scientific journals may jeopardize patient privacy and confidentiality if best ethical practices are not followed. Current journal practices show considerable diversity in the publication of identifiable patient photographs, and different stakeholders may have different opinions of and practices in publishing patient photographs. Objective This scoping review aimed to identify existing evidence and map knowledge gaps in medical research on the policies and practices of publishing identifiable photographs in scientific articles. Methods We performed a comprehensive search of the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, CINAHL with Full Text, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Ovid MEDLINE, and Scopus. The Open Science Framework, PROSPERO, BASE, Google Scholar, OpenGrey, ClinicalTrials.gov, the Campbell Collaboration Library, and Science.gov were also searched. Results After screening the initial 15,949 titles and abstracts, 98 (0.61%) publications were assessed for eligibility at the full-text level, and 30 (0.19%) publications were included in this review. The studies were published between 1994 and 2020; most had a cross-sectional design and were published in journals covering different medical disciplines. We identified 3 main topics. The first included ethical aspects of the use of facial photographs in publications. In different clinical settings, the consent process was not conducted properly, and health professionals did not recognize the importance of obtaining written patient consent for taking and using patient medical photographs. They often considered verbal consent sufficient or even used the photographs without consent. The second topic included studies that investigated the practices and use of medical photography in publishing. Both patients and doctors asked for confidential storage and maintenance of medical photographs. Patients preferred to be photographed by their physicians using an institutional camera and preferred nonidentifiable medical photographs not only for publication but also in general. Conventional methods of deidentification of facial photographs concealing the eye area were recognized as unsuccessful in protecting patient privacy. The third topic emerged from studies investigating medical photography in journal articles. These studies showed great diversity in publishing practices regarding consent for publication of medical photographs. Journal policies regarding the consent process and consent forms were insufficient, and existing ethical professional guidelines were not fully implemented in actual practices. Patients’ photographs from open-access medical journals were found on public web-based platforms. Conclusions This scoping review showed a diversity of practices in publishing identifiable patient photographs and an unsatisfactory level of knowledge of this issue among different stakeholders despite existing standards. Emerging issues include the availability of patients’ photographs from open-access journals or preprints in the digital environment. There is a need to improve standards and processes to obtain proper consent to fully protect the privacy of patients in published articles.

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Knowledge of healthcare professionals about rights of patient’s images

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