Recording Devices in the Emergency Department

   
Approved April 2011   

Originally approved by the ACEP Board of Directors April 2011
  

ACEP believes that the use of recording devices, including cell phone cameras, in the emergency department for the purpose of capturing photographic, video, or audio media poses significant risks to the privacy and confidentiality of patients and staff. ACEP encourages emergency departments to adopt policies regulating the use of such devices.