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Confidentiality Rules Apply to Social Media Too
The same rules of doctor-patient confidentiality apply on social media as they do in a conversation at a coffee shop, notes a recent article from Healthcare IT News. The article explains how a Rhode Island doctor lost her clinical privileges and received a fine of $500 all because she posted identifiable patient information on her Facebook account.
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