Protect hospital with clear terms
Protect hospital with clear terms
If you allow a live surgery broadcast, you should include some requirements for the company doing the broadcast, says Stacy Gulick, JD, an attorney with the law firm of Garfunkel in Great Neck, NY, and a former hospital risk manager.
The agreement with the company should include these points:
- The hospital may ask the production crew to leave the operating room at any point during the surgery, and that they crew must comply immediately even though they are in the middle of a live broadcast. This is a patient safety measure and gives the hospital the ability to terminate the broadcast if there is a crisis.
- The company will be liable for any damage caused by its crew or equipment.
- The broadcast crew will be restricted to a specified area of the hospital and must be escorted at all times by a hospital representative.
- Only staff and patients specified in the agreement may be filmed.
- Each member of the production crew must sign a confidentiality statement in which he or she agrees not to divulge any patient information they see or hear during the process.
Sources
For more information on live surgery broadcasts, contact:
- Meredith L. Borden, JD, Venable LLP, Baltimore. Telephone: (410) 528-2304. E-mail: [email protected].
- Stacy Gulick, JD, Garfunkel, Wild & Travis, Great Neck, NY. Telephone: (516) 393-2200.
- Robert A. Wynbrandt, JD, Executive Director and General Counsel, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago. Telephone: (312) 202-5810. E-mail: [email protected].
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