“Despite a rise in the number of healthcare professionals migrating online to build a following on blogs and on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook, dangers persist, as outlined in a recent article published in the British Medical Journal.
One of the main points made by the author, general practitioner Margaret McCartney (who herself blogs and has a Twitter following) is that the casual nature of websites and discussion forums often can lead to lowered inhibitions and, as a result, inappropriate posts. London-based social media law expert Godwin Busuttil told McCartney that he had “several concerns” about social media use by doctors.”
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Dan Bowman, FierceHealthIT, 24 January 2012
Abstract (McCartney 2012)
