Acceptable Risk

I found this on Wired:

"After sorting through red tape, a California hospital has fired nine employees who in April either took or looked at camera-phone photos of a patient's X-ray. Meanwhile, at least three other hospitals across the country are struggling with similar problems." Read more . . .

Hmmm, I think I've seen a few of these in various blogs . . . While I love the medical blogs, I don't want to see anyone lose a job over an x-ray posted online. I know that some folks are tired of hearing about Flea's debacle, and many are worked up over all of the blogs that have disappeared, but this needs to be discussed. We all need to understand what is acceptable to blog about and still keep our jobs. We need to know what the consequences will be if we step over the line. From there, we can decide what our own "acceptable risk" is--this is something we have to decide for ourselves.

To read:
Introduction to Risk Management and Insurance (8th Edition)

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