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PowerPoint files may contain protected imaging health information

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But if these images aren't anonymized, patient privacy can be violated – which can lead to legal consequences for healthcare systems and academic institutions, they wrote. A search for "Radiology Chest X-ray filetype:ppt" resulted in accessible PHI in 40% of the presentations with images. contained full PHI.