2. Consider HIPAA—better safe than sorry! In every post you make, your staff should consider the risk of disclosing patient information. Easy violations for social media in healthcare include office photos with patients in the background (even just a body part!), patient admission dates, and...
Common HIPAA violations and social media’s role While HIPAA compliance on social is complex, the monetary, reputational and, most importantly, patient well-being risks are too steep to get it wrong. Here are the most common HIPAA violations you should avoid. Hiding patient details in plain sig...
To provide the best customer service and accurate information while adhering to HIPAA regulations, organizations need individuals versed in the healthcare administration. According to the Pew Institute, the growing popularity of social media in health care can be attributed to two key fact...
Ten years after the launch of Twitter, the advent of social media continues a new frontier for marketers across all industries. Part gold rush, part Wild West. This is especially true for those in the healthcare industry, which not only have to distinguish their practices among the noise, bu...
Organizations are seeing increases in the number of privacy violations that utilize social media, with a common theme being that people just fail to recognize what they are posting, tweeting, or saying could be a breach of HIPAA. Health care organizations need to increase their efforts to raise...
The most serious offenses often involve law enforcement, with some cases being referred to the FBI for investigation of HIPAA violations, as seen in the firing oftwo nurses who photographed and posted the pictures on the Internetof a patient that underwent an X-ray procedure for rather sensitive...
While fewer healthcare websites appear to be using online trackers now than a year ago, nearly 1 in 3 firms are still using Meta Pixel and similar tech tools despite warnings from regulators and a rise in class action litigation alleging privacy violations, said Ian Cohen, CEO of Lokker. Ar...
Brands in the US healthcare space, for example, must adhere to HIPAA rules and avoid sharing patients’ personal health information. If you’re a company that needs to work within HIPAA on social media, you can include a process to monitor for posts that include personal health information ...
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) or state privacy laws, as well as breaches of employer policies, can lead to adverse employment actions and emotional distress claims in civil lawsuits. These violations also may expose the nurse to criminal charges and licensure discipline....
AI systems need to be fair, inclusive and accessible (G3). Fairness in particular should be explicitly accounted for, to avoid reinforcing existing societal biases reflected in the data used for model development45,46,47. Unfairness may result in violations of the right to equality, manifesting ...