NT Health issues ban on Meta Glasses as part of review into privacy policy

NT Health has issued a ban on smart glasses at all of its clinical sites, as part of an internal department review into its privacy policies prompted by a breach at Royal Darwin Hospital earlier this month. The breach involved a medical observer, Dr Neda Mogharehabed, who was visiting Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), posting images and videos containing the confidential medical information of 12 pregnant patients to her 28,000 followers on Instagram. It is not suggested Dr Mogharehabed used such a device at RDH during her three-day placement there. In an email sent to all NT Health staff yesterday afternoon, chief executive Susan Bowden told employees the risk of “recording-capable wearables, particularly smart glasses” had been identified by a review group as an “elevated risk to patient privacy and confidentiality”.

NT Health has issued a ban on smart glasses at all of its clinical sites, as part of an internal department review into its privacy policies prompted by a breach at Royal Darwin Hospital earlier this month.

The breach involved a medical observer, Dr Neda Mogharehabed, who was visiting Royal Darwin Hospital (RDH), posting images and videos containing the confidential medical information of 12 pregnant patients to her 28,000 followers on Instagram.

It is not suggested Dr Mogharehabed used such a device at RDH during her three-day placement there.

In an email sent to all NT Health staff yesterday afternoon, chief executive Susan Bowden told employees the risk of “recording-capable wearables, particularly smart glasses” had been identified by a review group as an “elevated risk to patient privacy and confidentiality”.