Social Media and Physicians

Social media for doctors – keeping it professional - Avant

Quick guide · Professional and legal obligations apply on social media. · Always consider how your social media presence may reflect on you as a ...

Social Media, Physicians, and Points to Consider - ProQuest

There are many benefits to social media, but patient privacy, professionalism, and maintaining appropriate boundaries between physicians and patients must be ...

How I like to use social media as a physician - MDLinx

TABLE OF CONTENTS · Never post anything while angry · Keep separate professional and personal accounts · Never use patient identifiers · Always ...

21 Ways Physicians Can Use Social Media | Marjorie Stiegler MD

21 Ways Physicians Can Use Social Media · Curate a library. · Find collaborators. · Make a bigger difference by disseminating your work. · Promote health ...

Effects of Social Media and Online Reviews on Healthcare

One of the most significant positive effects of social media on the healthcare industry is the ability to educate and empower patients. Patients ...

Social Media and Clinical Care | Circulation - AHA Journals

Some physicians use social media professionally to find and share health information, communicate/network with colleagues and trainees, ...

Social media use by physicians: a qualitative study of the new ...

A growing number of physicians are using social media as a professional platform for health communication. The purpose of this study was to ...

Physicians: Can social media make or break your career?

“I would recommend health professionals should never post anything with stories about patients or conditions, even if they think they are ...

Physician use of social media: Navigating the risks

Social media can represent a useful tool by which physician practices may ad- vertise their services, disseminate general health information, and interact ...

Survey: Patients want to 'friend' their physicians on social media

A new survey from the American Osteopathic Association finds more than half of millennials (54%) and more than four out of 10 (42%) adults are or would like to ...

Doctors' Social Media Fear in Physician Marketing

Nearly 90 percent of physicians reported that they use at least one social media site personally. (Read the summary here.) Compare this to about 65 percent of ...

How (and why) social media is impacting healthcare providers

For the first time ever, data from the survey showed that content from social media influences practitioners' perceptions and prescribing ...

Social Media for Doctors: Is It Worth It for Your Practice?

Social media is a great, low-cost way of attracting new patients as well as keeping your existing patients engaged with your practice so that ...

The do's and don'ts of social media: A physician's guide

1. Privacy concerns: Physicians must be cautious when sharing patient-related information on social media to avoid violating patient ...

How Physicians Can Leverage Social Media to Enhance—Not ...

Yes, social media platforms—such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram—hold enormous potential in communicating health information to the public, ...

6 Ways for Physicians to Stay HIPAA Compliant on Social Media

So, what does this mean for you? · Do not take pictures of patients. · Avoid taking photos or selfies · Do not post about patients online. · Avoid posting a ...

Use of Social Media by Emergency Physicians - ACEP

Emergency physicians have a responsibility to ensure that their social media activity does not violate patient rights to privacy and confidentiality. Assuring ...

Using social media as a medical professional - GMC

You must take reasonable steps to make sure that the information you communicate on social media as a medical professional is not false or misleading and does ...

Social Media for Doctors | Social Networks for Doctors

Social media is an incredibly powerful way to develop a direct know, like and trust relationship with patients that it would have been difficult ...

Social media as a physician's tool - Southern Medical Association

Physicians can become role models on these platforms and leverage their medical expertise to help and inform a large audience. The role of the ...