Guidelines for ethical and professional use of social media in a hand surgery practice

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2636-2641

  Lifchez, Scott D ^a,b,c,d,e   McKee, Desirae M ^a,b,c,d,e   Raven III, Raymond B ^a,b,c,d,e   Shafritz, Adam B ^a,b,c,d,e   Tueting, Jonathan L ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Orthopaedic Surgery Specialists   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

blog; heathcare; online; physician Web presence; Social media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HAND SURGERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR ECONOMIC AND CLINICAL HEALTH ACT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE ACT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PROFESSIONALISM; SOCIAL MEDIA; SURGEON;

AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT; BLOGGING; COMMUNICATION; CONFIDENTIALITY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HAND; HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869466075     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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