Is Your Social Media Policy Ready? Or Not?

May 5, 2011

Last week, I read a story about a Rhode Island doctor who was fired from her job in the ER and reprimanded by the state medical board. Her offense? Discussing her patients on Facebook. And while the doctor did not disclose patient names or other identifying details, the medical board still found that by describing her patient’s injuries on Facebook, the doctor breached her patient's confidentiality (see Doctor Busted for Patient Info Spill . . .