NYU Langone Medical Center welcomes all media opportunities and requests. The policies outlined below are in place to ensure the privacy and safety of our patients and to protect the interests and reputation of the Medical Center.

POLICY

This policy governs requests from patients to film, videotape, photograph or otherwise publicize or have filmed, videotaped or photographed, any medical service or treatment they receive while at NYU Langone Medical Center for personal or professional reasons.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this policy is to ensure the privacy and safety of our patients, and protect the interests and reputation of NYU Langone Medical Center, as well as to ensure compliance with all other existing or future medical center policies including, but not limited to the following:
 

• Compliance policies: http://compliance.med.nyu.edu
• Code of Conduct: http://webdoc.nyumc.org/nyumc/files/compliance/attachments/CodeofConductREVISED.pdf
• Patient Privacy/HIPAA Compliance Guidelines: http://compliance.med.nyu.edu/hipaa-2
• Brand Guidelines: http://communications.med.nyu.edu/advertising-and-branding/branding-and-logo-guidelines
• IT Web Policies: http://webservices.med.nyu.edu/policies-1
• IT Security Policies: http://nyumc.net/nyu/mcit/security/policies/policies.jsp

GUIDELINES

The following guidelines will apply to all requests from patients to film, videotape, photograph or otherwise publicize or have filmed, videotaped or photographed, any medical service or treatment they receive while at NYU Langone Medical Center for personal or professional reasons:
 

1. Patients are prohibited from filming, or having filmed, any medical service or treatment they receive while at NYU Langone Medical Center for personal or professional reasons.
2. Patients are prohibited from inviting representatives of the media to visit them while they are at NYU Langone Medical Center for purposes of publicity without the express permission of the Office of Communications & Public Affairs. All such requests must be directed to the Office of Communications & Public Affairs consistent with the requirements of MEDIA POLICY #1 Media Requests for Interviews, Filming, Videotaping or Photography on the NYU Langone Medical Center Campus. As set forth in that policy, the medical center will consider reasonable requests for news-related, non-commercial interviews and shooting but reserves the right to deny permission if, for any reason, the medical center deems that the request is not in the best interest of the medical center or its patients.
3. Patients are also prohibited from holding a press conference, or inviting representatives of the media to a press conference, at NYU Langone Medical Center without the express permission of the Office of Communications & Public Affairs. The medical center may consider such requests and all such requests must be directed to the Office of Communications & Public Affairs consistent with the requirements of MEDIA POLICY #1 Media Requests for Interviews, Filming, Videotaping or Photography on the NYU Langone Medical Center campus. As set forth in that policy, the medical center reserves the right to deny permission if, for any reason, the medical center deems that the request is not in the best interest of the medical center or its patients.

PLEASE SEE RELATED POLICIES:

•Media Requests for Patient Information
•Requests for Filming and Photography for Commercial or Entertainment Purposes