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NewsFake hospital CEO on Facebook highlights social media security issues
Although more health executives are using Facebook to share health information and engage their healthcare communities, Murray-Calloway County (Ky.) Hospital's CEO learned that not all Facebook Read more...
Where to draw the line in social media at your hospital
With technology changing every day, it sometimes can be difficult to regulate social media and monitor online etiquette of individuals at healthcare institutions. Even with a firm social media policy Read more...
Online video most effective hospital marketing tool
What's the most effective social media platform for hospitals? One-third of hospital marketers say it's online video, according to a recent Acsys Interactive survey. Hospitals ranked the following Read more...
3 ways hospitals use social media to market patient care
With one in five Americans using social media sites as a source of healthcare information, according to a 2011 National Research Corp. Ticker survey, reports Bakersfield Californian, it's no wonder Read more...
Use social media to 'brand' your healthcare career
Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from FierceHealthcare's newly published eBook, Taking Your Clinical Career to the Next Level: A Guide for Healthcare Professionals. You can download it for Read more...
Physicians are not your (Facebook) friends
When you're sick, hopefully the first person you call is your physician. In that sense, he or she IS your friend. But unless you've got a standing relationship with your physician outside the exam Read more...
Doctor disciplined for revealing patient info on Facebook
Check your privacy policies for medical staff--a Rhode Island case shows they may need some tightening. An R.I. physician was just reprimanded this week for inadvertently identifying a patient on Read more...
Risks med students face when posting patient photos on Facebook
Besides the possible breach of patient privacy when med students post cell phone pictures of patients on Facebook, other unintended consequences are likely, New York Times ethicist, Randy Cohen Read more...
NLRB forces ambulance company to rewrite social media policy
Take care when drafting your healthcare organization's social media policy. An overly strict approach to what your employees can or can't post online can get you in trouble, as one ambulance company Read more...
How cutting-edge hospitals use social media
Although social media has evolved in healthcare and some 800 hospitals have constructed social networking sites, few have moved beyond the basics, according to MedCityNews. Most of the 2,300-plus Read more...
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