Patient Privacy and Social Media

Overview

Journal AANA J

Specialties Anesthesiology
Nursing

Date 2010 Oct 1

PMID 20879626

Citations 7

Authors

Amy L Hader

Evan D Brown

Affiliations

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Abstract

Healthcare providers using social media must remain mindful of professional boundaries and patients' privacy rights. Facebook and other online postings must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), applicable facility policy, state law, and AANA's Code of Ethics.

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