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ARTICLE REVIEW

Article Review

Introduction

Safeguarding of patients health-related information is the most important priority of most

of the health providers. Patients’ expectation of health providers is to get fair treatment service

from them. However, it has been observed that many health providers are not abiding by the

rules of protecting patients health-related information. This is due to the reason for the increasing

number of reality shows that showcase emergencies and traumas that are being dealt with

patients and doctors as well. The main focus of this assignment is to discuss issues that many

patients are facing due to filming in the operation theatre without the consent of patients or

patient's family members.

Body

The focus of this assignment is based on the article that states, ‘a New York hospital had

to pay $2.2 million because of the filming of 2 patients’ (Ornstein, 2016). The hospital has

allowed television program producers to film two patients’ condition where one patient was in a

dying state, and another one was in critical distress. As opined by Opsahl et al. (2017), with the

growing trend of media and entertainment entity to provide unique content to their audience has

made people or producers desperate for getting content from any source. This article clearly

highlighted an incident where crew members of ABC program ‘NY meds’ filmed an undergoing

surgery where doctors could not save the patient without the consent of the patient or his family

members.

As a result of which son of that deceased patient had filed a complaint against the

hospital authority regarding violating the law of disclosing patient's health-related information. I

feel that such incident instincts more stress and trauma in family members mind along with

ongoing stress that is being caused by the patient’s death.

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In this case scenario, the case verdict was in favour of the deceased son by making a

provision of not allowing any television or news crew to film patients without their

authorization. I believe such action taken by the government will send a positive signal that

governments care about protecting the personal information of patients. It will also alert the

hospital authority as well as the media industry to not to entertain such kind of incident. As

opined by Pheasant-Kelly (2016), health providers go through daily challenges in dealing with

patients physical and mental health condition.

Referring to the highlighted case scenario, I have observed that, hospital authority has

tried to defend them by showcasing their positive intention of showing complexities and

challenges faced by medical professionals on a daily basis. I believe that it is known to every

person about complexities faced by doctors and nurses as a result of which they are given utmost

respect for their profession (based on views of Moreham, 2018). I also believe that it is

unnecessary for the media industry to showcase health providers’ daily challenges in dealing

with a patient’s physical condition. In order to eliminate such future incidents New York

lawmakers have proposed legislation regarding the filming of patients without consent.

However, it is being mentioned that in some certain cases hospitals may allow filming with

patient’s prior consent only. I feel this legislation will give advantage to hospital authority to

abide by the law as well as patients health-related information will also get protected.

Conclusion

Thus I can conclude by saying that it is important to safeguard patients health-related

information as it will lead to enhancement of the relationship between doctors and patients. I

agree with the fact that the government is taking conscious decisions regarding the elimination of

filming of patients so that family members of patients and patients himself do not go under any

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further stress or trauma. It can further be concluded that the media industry should respect the

privacy of patients and not intrude in their personal space.

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Reference list

Moreham, N. A. (2018). Abandoning the High Offensiveness Privacy Test. Can. J. Comp. &

Contemp. L., 4, 161. Retrieved on 17

April, Retrieved from http://www.cjccl.ca/wp-

content/uploads/2018/08/Moreham-Abandoning-the-High-Offensiveness-Privacy-

Test.pdf

Opsahl, A. G., Ebright, P., Cangany, M., Lowder, M., Scott, D., & Shaner, T. (2017). Outcomes

of adding patient and family engagement education to fall prevention bundled

interventions. Journal of nursing care quality, 32(3), 252-258. Retrieved on 18

April,

Retrieved from

https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/13618/Opsahl_2016_outcomes.pdf

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Ornstein, C, (2016), New York Hospital to Pay $2.2 Million Over Unauthorized Filming of 2

Patients, The New York Times [online] Retrieved on 15

April, Retrieved from

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/22/nyregion/new-york-hospital-to-pay-fine-over-

unauthorized-filming-of-2-patients.html

Pheasant-Kelly, F. (2016). Towards a structure of feeling: abjection and allegories of disease in

science fiction ‘mutation’films. Medical Humanities, 42(4), 238-245. Retrieved on 16

April, Retrieved from

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