On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 4:48 PM, Joseph Chirum <[email protected]> wrote:
> If it were Art, the copyright would be clearly defined.  If it is technical 
> craft in the medical field, such images fall unto another category all 
> together.  Any display of such images would need the patient consent to be 
> HIPPA compliant, or other agreement binding.

It's just not that simple, unfortunately. HIPAA applies to personally
identifying information; I think it'd be easy to argue that the
presumption on imagery, devoid of identifying accompanying text, is
that it is de facto de-identified and thus exempt from HIPAA scrutiny.

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