Abstract
Clinical photographs aid decision-making and represent important medicolegal records.
Storage and transfer of images of the facial area must adhere to Caldicott Principles.
Outside working hours, clinical photography services are often limited. Our Trust
has introduced a Secure Clinical Image Transfer (SCIT) app allowing clinicians to
take photographs on personal devices to be securely uploaded to the patient’s electronic
health record. To evaluate whether clinicians were taking clinical images in an insecure
manner, clinicians completed an anonymous questionnaire before and after introduction
of the SCIT app. The standard was 100% knowledge of, and adherence to, trust information
governance guidelines. Response rate was 100% in both cycles. Introduction of the
SCIT app reduced inappropriate clinical photography on personal devices. Our completed
audit cycle shows that the SCIT app allows convenient, secure information capture
on personal devices and automatic secure synchronisation to trust electronic health
records.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 09, 2020
Accepted:
February 13,
2020
Received:
September 25,
2019
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