Healthcare Providers and Social Networking: New Threat to Patient Privacy
Minimizing Liability for Unwitting Physician and Staff Breaches
Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This seminar will discuss the legal risks for healthcare providers using online social and business networking tools such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and others. The panel will outline the risks for healthcare providers and discuss best practices to reduce breaches and minimize liability.
Outline
- Current uses and trends
- Risks of using social media
- HIPAA compliance
- Patient privacy and dignity
- Security concerns
- Control over content
- Blogs of doctors affiliated with healthcare system
- Best practices for protect privacy and minimize exposure
- Develop written policies
- Monitoring and policy enforcement
- Training
- Selectivity in accepting “friends” or “followers”
- Defining the role of physician in social networking strategy
- Management of use of social media tools by closed medical staffs and community-based physicians affiliated with hospital system
- Use of disclaimers
- Patient consent
Benefits
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- Are disclaimers effective when inviting the healthcare community and patients to be a part of any online social networking?
- What are the best practices for healthcare providers to develop and implement policies regarding the use of social networking sites?
- What steps can healthcare providers take to protect patient privacy and ensure HIPAA compliance?
Faculty
Jo-Ellyn Sakowitz Klein
Counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
She devotes her practice to regulatory, transactional and legislative matters affecting the health industry. She... | Read More
She devotes her practice to regulatory, transactional and legislative matters affecting the health industry. She assists clients with Medicare and Medicaid public policy issues; issues arising under state, federal and international privacy laws and regulations; issues related to clinical research studies; food labeling issues; and issues arising in bankruptcy involving healthcare entities.
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Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Apgar & Associates
He is an expert on healthcare privacy, security, regulatory affairs and secure and efficient electronic health... | Read More
He is an expert on healthcare privacy, security, regulatory affairs and secure and efficient electronic health information exchange with over 19 years of experience in regulatory compliance.
CloseTimothy P. Tobin
Hogan & Hartson
He concentrates on consumer protection matters with a particular focus on privacy and data security law. He counsels... | Read More
He concentrates on consumer protection matters with a particular focus on privacy and data security law. He counsels businesses on various Internet and e-commerce issues. He advises clients from all industry sectors on their privacy and data security obligations and on state and federal privacy laws and regulations.
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