Clinical Photography - FOI Response Register

1. Do you have a solution to capture clinical photography? (interested in software/ digital solution)

No

2. If so which solution and what media types does it support?

N/A

3. Does this solution include clinical staff capturing photographs as part of the patient care episode? e.g. Nursing staff photographing bedsores during an inpatient stay (per the current safeguarding guidelines) or A&E capturing photographs of injuries on a night shift.

N/A

4. Is this a patient centric solution that clinicians can access at the point of care to review photographs or other digital content e.g. videos?

N/A

5. If you do have a solution, when does your existing contract come to an end?

N/A

6. How much did the solution cost and what are the annual maintenance charges?

N/A

7. If you do not have a solution, how do you current manage this?

Currently digital imagery (not x-ray, CT, MRI or Ultrasound) such as digital camera images or videos are upload to patient management systems as part of their patient record, but there is no system currently in place specifically for this.

However NHS Shetland are part of a national system to implement Digital Dermatology.  This will include digital images being taken in primary care and routing to dermatology specialists for advice.