Privacy policies for health social networking sites
Many individuals now turn to social networking sites to discuss and determine perhaps what may the best physician or plan of treatment for them, however in doing so this creates a potential for privacy risks.[1]
Introduction
More and more, patients, and providers are turning to social networking for discussion of diseases and possible treatments and in doing so potentially compromising their own health care data. Hospitals are required to provide patients with privacy and must practice HIPPA, when patients however voluntarily post their health information this may have bigger ramifications and consequences.[1]
Privacy Risks
As patients divulge more of their personal information to such networking websites, the repository that contains that information may keep it for the duration of a lifetime. In doing so places the patient at risk for insurance companies, job opportunities, and losing the ability to control whether or not they want that information shared with anyone.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Li J, 18 April 2013, Privacy policies for health social networking sites, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,2013;20:704-707;http://jamia.oxfordjournals.org/content/jaminfo/20/4/704.full.pdf
