Revisiting the ethical social media principles then and applying it now.
The recent social media controversy that irked many in the Philippine medical community is this- a student nurse posting a video of a healthcare worker doing a medical procedure, on tiktok. While this, arguably constitute a breach of privacy and confidentiality and the ethical ramifications are quite disturbing, I wonder why the student nurse failed to grasps an established social media and medical etiquette? Did we somehow missed something when crafted the social media guidelines before for future generations? Maybe it’s time to revisit this.
The #Healthxph was founded as a community of healthcare social media practitioners, laying down the foundations of the ethical use of social media to achieve common good in healthcare. We even have our signed manifesto accepted by the different medical associations in the country. I and many of #healthxph team talked about ethical and good use of social media in healthcare and even came up with actual conferences about it. That was ten years ago. Now, we are seeing a resurgence in privacy and confidentiality breaches in healthcare with the use of social media. Again, did we miss something here? Implementation? Commitments? This will be the topic of our chat today.
T1. Do you see a resurgence in healthcare privacy and confidentiality breaches with the use of social media?
T2. Is the healthcare community effective in preventing privacy and confidentiality breaches on social media?
T3. Recommend three ways of preventing preventing privacy and confidentiality breaches on social media.
I’d like to share my previous talk on How should nurses act on social media platforms. This was part of my speech during the Annual Convention of the Philippine Nurses Association in Davao City. I knew this student is not yet a full fledged nurse, but it may be good to start early. What do you think?
Join #healthXPh chat on this topic this Saturday Aug 10 9PM Manila time. See you all!
