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19 March 2013

GPs can ride the social media highway

A practical guide to help UK doctors navigate the ethical and confidentiality dilemmas posed by social media has been published
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6 March 2013

From the frontline

There’s any amount of guidance on using social media in healthcare, yet most trusts remain downright suspicious. Andrew Carr, an
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24 December 2012

Happy docs urged to beware of Facebook

Medical defence organisation MDDUS is urging doctors to stay away from snappy-happy photographers and avoid appearing in pictures from their
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20 December 2012

The holly and free wi-fi

John Popham is running a campaign to bring free wi-fi to hospitals. He tells Lis Evenstad that it can keep
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2 July 2012

MPS pokes GMC for social media guidance

The Medical Protection Society wants a new section on the use of social media incorporated into official ethical guidance issued
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9 May 2012

Facebook and Twitter liked for health

One in three people are now using social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter for health-related issues according to
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23 February 2012

Twitter founder is the Biz at HIMSS12

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has told HIMSS12 that people urgently need social tools to help them make sense of “infinite
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20 May 2010

Twitter is trending in the NHS

Only a third of primary care trusts are using social media to communicate with patients, according to a survey conducted
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4 September 2009

Twitter and YouTube to combat Swine Flu

The US Centres for Disease Control is to use a range of online social media tools, including Twitter, YouTube, to
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14 August 2009

Twitter ‘weloveNHS’ campaign grows

Thousands of people have joined the ‘welovetheNHS’ campaign on Twitter to show their backing for England’s National Health Service. The
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