Social Media and Healthcare: Good Medicine or Pretty Poison?

This article from MedCity News expands on some of our discussions on the problems and solutions to the use of social media in medicine.

Social Media and Healthcare: Good Medicine or Pretty Poison?

....Every organization, institution, business, or non-profit that employs or educates human beings should develop a dynamic social media policy. The policy serves to protect the institution itself as well as the associate or staff member. UTMB regularly reminds medical students and all associates of the importance of maintaining professional etiquette standards when using social media. In their newsletter, Impact Online, an article entitled, Getting in touch with social media, lays out some basic guidelines for social media engagement aimed primarily at medical students and residents.

Those who engage in social networking, blogging, or commenting on blogs should consider their posts and uploaded photos as having permanent Internet presence. Even when deleted by the owner, rest assured a version of the post, tweet, or photo exists somewhere....Read More