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PowerPoint files may contain protected imaging health information

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The findings underscore the importance of protecting this information to prevent HIPAA violations -- and radiologists can play an important role in the effort, wrote a team led by David Stern of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. A search for "Post-Operative CT Scan filetype:ppt" resulted in accessible PHI in 29%.