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Health Care Attorney Discusses The Use Of Disclaimers On Facebook Pages

Better Health — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:00:47 +0100

This is the third part of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena. In part one, legal expert David Harlow, Esq., Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, answered questions regarding “The Legal Implications for Doctors, Nurses and Hospitals Engaging in Social Media?” In part two, Mr. Harlow answered questions related to the Pharma industry; “Legal Concerns: What Steps can Pharma Take to Engage in Social Media?” The third part addresses a question from a follower on Facebook about the use of disclaimers. Q: Barbara: A Healthin30 reader on Facebook writes: “I’m looking for a good disclaimer to put on a couple of medical practices’ Facebook pages. The AMA social media guidelines aren’t h...

Health Care Attorney Warns About HIPAA Privacy Issues In Social Media

Better Health — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 16:00:39 +0100

This is the first of a three part post addressing the legal concerns of social networking in the health care arena. Legal expert, David Harlow, Esq., Health Care Attorney and Consultant at The Harlow Group, LLC in Boston, addresses the legal issues. Q: Barbara: What are the legal implications for doctors, nurses and hospitals engaging in social media? A: David: Health care providers are concerned about HIPAA privacy issues – HIPAA violations may occur as a result of staff posts, or as a result of patient, family or caregiver posts – as well as potential liability for medical advice provided on line. Physicians and nurses have been sanctioned and fired for privacy breaches via social media, so these are real concerns. Some communications that folks think are OK may in fact be v...

The Importance Of Social Media In The Medical Field

Better Health — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:00:49 +0100

Recently, I had the pleasure of being surrounded by brilliant health care thought leaders. First, I delivered a social media presentation at the Eyeforpharma conference. Secondly, I sat in the audience at the Social Communications and Health Care 2011 conference to listen to others present on social media, and participate in a round-table discussion on social media. It’s clear from the personal discussion that followed with folks from the pharma industry, medical device companies, and hospitals, that they understand the need for social media (or social networking), but they are cautious to dive in. A few concerns I’ve heard: “social media can be paralyzing,” “senior leadership in the pharma industry is looking for the FDA to make decisions because it’s such a highly reg...

2011 AHLA Annual Meeting: How to Use Social Media with @BobCoffield

Health Care Law Blog — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 21:45:00 +0100

Welcome How to Use Social Media session students and others. I hope you enjoyed my presentation during the afternoon health care social media sessions at the 2011 American Health Lawyers Association Annual Meeting in Boston. The health care social media sessions this afternoon were a great introduction to a variety of practical and legal issues surrounding the world of social media and its impact on the health care industry. Now it is time for you to do your "out of the classroom" social media assignment using the SOCIAL MEDIA bucket list. Click on the linked Google Doc and get started. Good luck! Below is a copy of the written materials from today's session which were posted here using Scribd. If you want to review my Prezi slides from my presentation watch it below and then go explor...

AHLA Boston "TWEETup"

Health Care Law Blog — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:26:19 +0100

Plans are set for a "TWEETup" during the American Health Lawyers Association 2011 Annual Meeting next week in Boston. All registered health lawyers are welcome along with other Boston area Twitter friends, Boston's Health 2.0 community, health care social media aficionados, and anyone else interested in the intersection of social media and the law.Come join us at the #AHLABoston TWEETup on Tuesday, June 28 starting around 5:30pm at the BrasserieJO bar located across from the Prudential Center at The Colonnade Hotel, 120 Huntington Avenue. The BrasserieJO is located down Huntington Avenue near the Boston Marriott Copley Place, the location of the annual meeting.Check out the TwtVite set up by David Harlow at HealthBlawg and RSVP that you will be attending. Help us spread the word.The TWEETu...

Are There Too Many Health Chats On Twitter?

Better Health — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:00:36 +0100

Is it me or has the number of medically related twitter chats just exploded in the past 4-6 weeks or so? In the past few weeks, there has been a lot of discussion about the proper and improper use of the twitter hash tag. I mean if more than 50% of the tweet are hash tags, then I gotta problem with it. Twitter by it’s very nature is whiny. I mean, one of twitter’s first functions back in the day (in my opinion) and one of the first uses of twitter for the newer user is a place to vent. And, people complain, whine, vent about a great variety of stuff. But, not about the number of tweet chats that have been popping up recently? Maybe I’m crazy, but will twitter ever get to the point when there are too many chats? Probably not. However, something that I have seen in the past...

Healthcare Twitter Transcripts

Fox ePractice — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 20:01:56 +0100

It’s been almost two months since we launched the Healthcare Hashtag Project and we have done a few incremental updates since then, but today we’re excited to announce some great new features that we hope will be useful for the community.1,000,000 Healthcare Tweets!Since the start of the project we have been creating an archive of all tweets that have been tagged with the healthcare hashtags we follow. Using these 200 non-disease hashtags, you have created over 1 million tweets!This number is simply staggering! Even when we eliminate “spam” from certain hashtags, it’s beyond doubt that there are an incredible number of conversations taking place in a large number of medical specialties and healthcare interests. There is much to gain and little to loose by joi...

Healthcare Hashtags and the Tweet Chat

Fox ePractice — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 10:22:42 +0100

“Twitter – and more so Twitter chats – are like those Magic Eye stereograms – it takes a certain way of looking to see what’s going on: you may or may not care for the picture, but your way of seeing things changes.” ~ Phil Baumann (@PhilBaumann) Phase I Reaction - The Healthcare Hashtag Project I LOVE opportunities like this! A chance to thank so many people for their help, and so many more for their interest and support. Three weeks ago I wrote to you about the launch of our “Healthcare Hashtag Project“. An effort to bring greater order and discovery to the many healthcare conversations taking place on Twitter every day. The response was overwhelming, and we received a number of suggestions from which we’ve published several new ad...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #45

Fox ePractice — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 18:00:36 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: 5 Ways Social Media Helps Promote Good Health A report on chronic disease and the Internet by the Pew Internet and American Life...

NLRB: Employees Protected Concerted Activity Extends to Faceboook and Social Media

Health Care Law Blog — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:37:13 +0100

Out of Connecticut comes an interesting case involving the use of social media in the workplace and its collision with employee protected concerted activity and employee freedom to associate without fear of employer retaliation under the National Labor Relations Act. The New York Times article, Company Accused of Firing Over Facebook Post, provides good background and details of the facts involved in the case.American Medical Response of Connecticut, Inc. and International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 443, Case No. 34-CA-12576 (NRLB - Region 34), involves a complaint filed against American Medical Response for firing an emergency medical technician for among other things violating the company's policy of negatively depicting the company on Facebook or other social media sites. American ...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #44

Fox ePractice — Sat, 06 Nov 2010 00:35:04 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: What to Do When Patients Contact You on Twitter A step by step example of how a physician can effectively handle the increasingly...

Healthcare Hashtags – a Social Project

Fox ePractice — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 07:42:42 +0100

“Hashtags were popularized during the San Diego fires in 2007 when @nateritter used the hashtag “#sandiegofire” to identify his updates related to the disaster.“ ~ Twitter Fan Wiki Twitter was All So Simple When Twitter co-founder, Jack Dorsey, (aka @jack) sent his first tweet it was pretty simple and straight forward. Furthermore, if anyone wanted to find his tweet, that was pretty simple too, because Jack’s tweet was the very first tweet … ever! So there wasn’t much competition. It didn’t fall unbelievably far down everyone’s home-feed in just a few heartbeats, and it wasn’t lost among the barrage of tweets about last night’s game, the news story of the day, or what all of your friends were having for dinner. Jack Dorsey's Sketch of Twitt...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #42

Fox ePractice — Sat, 23 Oct 2010 00:40:01 +0100

This article discusses not only some of those providers and their efforts but also addresses some concerns that LTC providers have when it comes to social media. Read the report… // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ // < ![CDATA[ new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 2, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 250, theme: { shell: { background: '#e4eff2', color: '#007e9a' }, tweets: { background: '#FBFBFB', color: '#595959', links: '#007e9a' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setUser('longtermliving').start(); // ]]> This Week’s The Chair of Cheer “The Chair of Cheer” is our p...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #41

Fox ePractice — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 23:35:37 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: Docs Look to Social Media for Use as Part of Med. Care Read more: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2010/10/14/doctors-look-to-soci...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #40

Fox ePractice — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:54:22 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: Transcript of the First MDchat for October 5, 2010 October 5, 2010 saw an internet event take place the likes of which we’...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #39

Fox ePractice — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 20:21:25 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: Top Five Reasons Dentists Will Not Use Social Media “Too Many Pieces” … Not “Not Enough Time” &...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #38

Fox ePractice — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 22:12:59 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: Caregivers’ Use of Online Health Information The results of this e-health study speak to the significant support that ca...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #37

Fox ePractice — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:23:44 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes The Power of Mobile This short presentation is a must watch for all healthcare providers. Susannah Fox, the leading researc...

Twitter Basics for Healthcare Businesses

Fox ePractice — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:44 +0100

“Web 1.0 was where corporations thought the internet was another dandy platform for telling us what they wanted us to know. Web 2.0 was where we showed them that the internet is about us, not them, and that if they want to stay around, they’d better sit back, shut up, and listen. Web 2.0, like Rock and Roll, is here to stay.” ~ Ray Beckerman The Journey My then 16 year old daughter stared at her newly created Twitter account, carefully contemplating her first tweet. The look on her face was one of complete bewilderment. “I’m eating ice cream” she quickly typed, and assertively hit the tweet button. After a few moments more of staring at her Twitter home page, with its one lonesome tweet now on display and looking like an abandoned thought, she turned to look...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #36

Fox ePractice — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 18:40:19 +0100

This article addresses how much time users spend on Facebook, the effectiveness of Facebook ads and trends among online merchants. Read the report… // < ![CDATA[ new TWTR.Widget({ version: 2, type: 'profile', rpp: 2, interval: 6000, width: 250, height: 250, theme: { shell: { background: '#e4eff2', color: '#007e9a' }, tweets: { background: '#FBFBFB', color: '#595959', links: '#007e9a' } }, features: { scrollbar: false, loop: false, live: false, hashtags: true, timestamp: true, avatars: false, behavior: 'all' } }).render().setUser('amyporterfield').start(); // ]]> This Week’s The Chair of Cheer “The Chair of Cheer” is our pick of the week display of great social media execution in the healthcare industry. ...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #35

Fox ePractice — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:23:58 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes The 5 Basic Rules for Happiness on Twitter The number “13″ is normally associated with bad luck, but this list ...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #34

Fox ePractice — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 18:46:10 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes Twitter in the Operating Room – No Longer News “If it’s okay with everyone I’d like to declare the dog and pony...

How to add your Medical Practice to Facebook Places

Fox ePractice — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:07:54 +0100

Facebook Places and the Healthcare Industry On August 18th Facebook finally launched their long expected entry into the location-based social network scene. We can say pretty safely that this is going to be another milestone for healthcare social media. With over 500 million members, whatever direction Facebook chooses to go with this new feature, it’s going to make a big splash. Read our previous article on why Facebook Places is going to impact medical practices and the general healthcare industry. Who is listed in Facebook Places’s Database? Facebook is sourcing all its business listings from Localeze, a company that specializes in business listing and identity management for local search engines. Localeze has supplied Facebook with about 600,000 verified business listing...

Why Facebook Places is going to be a big deal for the healthcare industry

Fox ePractice — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:02:36 +0100

What is Facebook Places? Let’s start with the basics. Facebook Places is basically a mobile app feature that allows you to share where you are located and see where your friends are physically located. You can choose to “check in” virtually with Facebook Places when you visit your local coffee shop or your local dentist, immediately communicating to your friends where you are. After checking in, you can leave a comment and see others that have checked in at that same place. Privacy restrictions will limit who will see your comments and check ins. For now only Facebook for iPhone and mobile phones capable of viewing HTML5 webpages can use Facebook Places. See also: How to add your Medical Practice to Facebook Places Late in the game, no innovation from Facebook…ye...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #33

Fox ePractice — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 23:31:44 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes Target your social media use to your intended audience “… physicians trying to establish their own reputations ...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #32

Fox ePractice — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:56:37 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes Effective Social Media For The 55 or Better Crowd One year ago, Redstone Highlands Senior Living Communities, a CCRC outsid...

Pulmonary Specialty: Who to Follow on Twitter

Fox ePractice — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:38:38 +0100

In our previous article, we presented our best practice for finding the right people to follow on twitter within a medical specialty. Those general Twitter tips will work for any healthcare organization looking to kick-start their Twitter presence regardless of healthcare specialty. In this article, we will take it one step further and present to you the end result of using those best practices in real life. The following is a list of Twitter users we created for one of our pulmonary clients. This pulmomary group subscribes to a medical Twitter service we offer where we create, maintain and monitor their medical Twitter account. We believe this list contains some of the must follow Twitter users for pulmonologists, pulmonary medical groups, pulmonary patients and students of pulmonology. ...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #31

Fox ePractice — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:08:35 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes Oakwood Hospital Employee Fired for Facebook Posting “The reason they gave me was that I violated HIPAA regulatio...

Who to follow on Twitter within your medical specialty

Fox ePractice — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 07:45:07 +0100

So you have finally created a Twitter account for your medical practice and are ready to take on the world of healthcare social media, but what’s the next step? Creating the account was a great milestone (which should be celebrated!), but that was the easy part of your twitter creation process. We see a lot of abandoned medical Twitter accounts that never get past that first milestone. Here are some useful next action steps you want to take for your medical group’s presence on twitter. Follow thought leaders and trusted authorities within your medical field No one except you knows better where to look to for trusted information within your medical specialty. For years you have followed them in the offline world, the printed world, and you now look for them in the world of heal...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #30

Fox ePractice — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:16:02 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: An Introduction to Media Psychology for Bloggers and Tweeters This great indepht article “focuses on the former unders...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #28

Fox ePractice — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:49:14 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes Social Media in Health Care: Barriers and Future Trends This blog post discusses some of the foundation to the current expl...

The Weekly Scoop in Healthcare Social Media #27

Fox ePractice — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:42:40 +0100

At Fox ePractice we’re committed to providing you with everything you need to understand, position yourself, and to take advantage of the fundamental shift that is taking place in marketing a medical practice. To that end, each week this page will highlight some of the best content that we have come across on the web in order to further your knowledge of the opportunities before you. We will showcase both Healthcare Social Media experts who speak out on the subject, as well as those sites that demonstrate what we feel are healthy examples of how to put the concept of Web 2.0 to work for their healthcare businesses. So read on … and “get the scoop”: yes For Cardiologists: A Twitter Primer As the author states, this blog entry is “A crash course on Twitter”. A bri...

The case against Physician Nephews

Fox ePractice — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:00:24 +0100

It may be hard to believe or may even bring a smile to your face, but for our smallest medical practice clients one main competitor for our medical practice website design service is “the physician’s nephew”. That is at least what we call this group of people that sometimes includes a staff member’s daughter, or some neighbor’s son. We know this group’s strengths and weaknesses. We should, because many years ago, you could count me as one of them. The story usually goes like this. We have a client with a real need – they have no online presence and their reputation or online first impression is at the mercy of 3rd parties. After agreeing to what needs to be created, a solution where physician website design is only one of many building blocks, t...

What patients think of your static website

Fox ePractice — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 06:14:32 +0100

Who are you, my good Doctor? Static and closed VS. dynamic and sharing From growing up in Norway, located in the very northern part of Europe, I have always been fascinated with the strong cultural difference between the people of Southern Europe and Northern Europe. Most people consider us from the cold north to be more static, closed and harder to get to know, while the people of the warmer south are perceived to be much more dynamic, caring and easy to get to know. No social anthropology degree needed, just trust me. Relation to physician’s online presence, you may ask? I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to live in several different cultures and countries, from Europe and Asia, to now North America. However, I have found that with limited time ava...

AHLA Connections: Legal Implications of Health Care Social Media

Health Care Law Blog — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:43:32 +0100

The current issue of the American Health Lawyers Association's Connections magazine features an article I co-authored with fellow AHLA health lawyer, Jody Joiner, on the impact of social media use in health care.The article, Risky Business: Treating Tweeting the Symptoms of Social Media (PDF version), is featured in the March 2010 issue of AHLA Connections (Vol.14, No. 3, March 2010), a health lawyer magazine for the health and life sciences law community.We provide background context on the use of social media tools by health care providers, address why we think health lawyers need to understand social media, and explore some of the legal implications as social media and the law intersect. The article ends with practical guidance to health care providers and organizations on implementing ...

Health Care & Social Media

Shrink Rap — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:30:00 +0100

The use of social media (eg, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, LinkedIn, etc) by doctors and other health care providers is rapidly increasing, just as it is for really everyone else.The New York Times did a story recently on doctors who twitter. For the past couple months or so, I have been participating in a weekly twitter chat on the subject of health care (hc) and social media (sm), called #hcsm. A bunch of folks involved at various levels in health care talk about, well, lots of stuff.Last night, two health attorneys (Daniel Goldman & David Harlow) talked about various topics, such as whether docs should follow or friend their patients, whether tweets are copyrightable (mostly not), and what hospitals can do about negative comments about them in social media venues. If you'...