Confidential Image Transfer: An Ethico-Legal Dilemma

Introduction: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery is a very visual speciality: clinical photographs can help team decision- making, as well as acting as a medicolegal record. Images of the facial area are Patient Identifiable Information, and as such their storage and transfer must adhere to Caldicott Principles. Our unit has an experienced and helpful medical photography team, but outside of working hours there is no support for secure image acquisition and transfer.

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