Sharing and Selling Images: Ethical and Regulatory Considerations for Radiologists.

Journal: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
Published Date: Sep 2, 2020

Abstract

Opportunities to share or sell images are common in radiology. But because these images typically originate as protected health information, their use admits a host of ethical and regulatory considerations. This article discusses four scenarios that reflect data sharing or selling arrangements in radiology, especially as they might occur in "big data" systems or applications. The objective of this article is to acquaint radiologists with a variety of regulatory standards and ethical perspectives that pertain to certain data use agreements, such that the attitudes and practices of data holders and their sharers or purchasers can withstand ethical or regulatory scrutiny and not invite undesirable outcomes.

Authors

  • John Banja
    Center for Ethics, Emory University, 1531 Dickey Dr, Atlanta, GA 30322.
  • Rebecca Rousselle
    Director of the Institutional Review Board, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Richard Duszak
    Vice Chair of Health Policy and Practice, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.
  • Nabile Safdar
    Department of Radiology, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, 1120 15th St, Augusta, GA 30912 (Y.T.); and Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga (B.V., E.K., A.P., J.G., N.S., H.T.).
  • Adam M Alessio
    Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering (CMSE), Biomedical Engineering (BME) and Radiology, Institute for Quantitative Health Science & Engineering (IQ), Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.

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