Patients can complain about their medical experiences on Yelp, snap photos of doctor's offices for their Instagram account, and even post pictures of a doctor conducting an exam to Facebook, all "invasions" of privacy that would be actionable if it were a doctor posting about a patient.
"There are important issues when it comes to your online reputation, such as the dissemination of less than accurate information about one's practice or professionalism," said Don S. Dizon, MD, medical oncologist in the Gynecologic Oncology service at Massachusetts General Hospital's Cancer Center, and past chairman of the Integrated Media and Technology Committee for the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Full article
Via MedPage Today
No comments:
Post a Comment