Society for Participatory Medicine
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privacy
ethics, general, policy issues, pt/doc co-care, trends & principles
Should More Doctors Participate in Social Media?
I’ve heard this sentiment more than once… “Doctors should participate more in social media. They should be Facebooking and Twittering and Tumblr-ing far more often than they do!” Houston Neal makes the case again over at The Medical Blog, suggesting that because doctors aren’t engaging in social media as much as the ordinary person, they’re [...]
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Caremark, Prescriptions and Personal Information
A friend of mine, Ms. S., recently had an unsettling experience with a company called Caremark (the parent company of pharmacy CVS), whom she fills her prescriptions through. She was reordering a prescription refill she buys through the mail, and needed to pay for it. She tried logging onto their website to pay, as I’m [...]
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A New Conversation About Health Privacy: Who’s In?
Facebook has sparked a new debate about privacy and I think it’s time to bring it to health care.
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Privacy can kill, openness can heal
If you follow Jeff Jarvis on Twitter or read his blog, you know (maybe more than you wanted to) about his fight against prostate cancer. I’ve mostly paid attention to what he’s written about technology and journalism, but check out this excerpt from his post, The German privacy paradox: I prefer to turn the question [...]
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Social Networking in Health: e-Patients, Data & Privacy
Join Dr. John Grohol in a SXSW Core Conversation this Sunday in Austin, Texas. With the rise of social networking in health, the inevitable questions arise about patient’s data and privacy. But such networks also allow for aggregating data which can help people spot trends and changes in their own health. This discussion panel will [...]
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