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NewsDocs urged to use caution when building social media profiles
Despite a rise in the number of healthcare professionals migrating online to build a following on blogs and on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, dangers persist, as outlined in a Read more...
How to manage healthcare social media risk
Healthcare organizations are starting to catch up to the rest of the world in adopting social media, especially in the past two to three years. Still, many in the risk-averse healthcare industry Read more...
Observers advise hospitals on use of social media
Pundits are full of suggestions for how hospitals should use social media. Hard on the heels of a long post by healthcare attorney David Harlow on his HealthBlawg, two other articles offered Read more...
Social media efforts put hospitals in the spotlight
Mayo Clinic tops a blogger's list of 20 healthcare organizations with "inspiring" social media strategies. That choice is not surprising: The Rochester, Minn.-based hospital has its own social media Read more...
Assessing privacy, bandwidth concerns key for providers entering social media
Privacy rules under HIPAA, malpractice liability and professional responsibility codes are among the many reasons providers choose not to enter the social media realm, according to blogger David Read more...
Facebook post, removed records among latest patient privacy breaches
As HIPAA compliance issues continue to rise, two recent California hospital incidents do nothing to suggest that patient data will be safer heading into the new year. At Mission Hills-based Read more...
VA's hospital Facebook efforts aim to boost interaction with veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has set up Facebook pages for each of its 152 medical centers to try to engage more fully with returning veterans. The VA's proactive use of Facebook parallels Read more...
11 faces to follow in healthcare social media
Over the past few years, social media has taken the healthcare world by storm. Physicians, nurses, health executives and even patients have joined the blogosphere and created Twitter accounts and are Read more...
Kent Bottles - 11 faces to follow in healthcare social media
Who: Kent Bottles Occupation: Chief Medical Officer of CareCoach.com; senior fellow at the Thomas Jefferson University School of Population Health Twitter handle: @KentBottles Website: Read more...
Mike Sevilla - 11 faces to follow in healthcare social media
Who: Mike Sevilla Occupation: Family physician at the Family Practice Center of Salem (Ohio) Twitter handle: @drmikesevilla Blog: Family Medicine Rocks Why you should follow him: Sevilla says that Read more...
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