Abstract

The purpose of this article is to discuss the precariousness of social media website security. While social media provides many advantages to health care providers; such as professional networking and professional education it can also pose a myriad of dangers to breaches in patient privacy and confidentially. This is particularly concerning for health care providers because health care’s providers are legally and ethically bound to maintaining the privacy and confidentially of their patients

Highlights

  • Patient confidentialityThe role of health care providers in maintaining patient privacy and confidentially was first discussed in the Hippocratic Oath over 2,500 years ago [1,2,3,4,5]

  • Today the American Nurses Association's statement on the ethical and legal obligation to protect the privacy and confidentially of their patients remains in align with the Hippocratic Oath and the Nightingale Pledge [1,5,6]

  • Prior to the inception of Six Degress.com® the biggest threat to breaches of patient privacy and confidentiality was limited to the number of people who could over hear a conversation within a confined physical space, such the hospital elevator

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Summary

Patient confidentiality

The role of health care providers in maintaining patient privacy and confidentially was first discussed in the Hippocratic Oath over 2,500 years ago [1,2,3,4,5]. Many of the basic tenants of the Hippocratic Oath, including the respect of patient privacy and confidentially was adopted by Lystra Gretter in 1893, author of the Nightingale Pledge [6]. Today the American Nurses Association's statement on the ethical and legal obligation to protect the privacy and confidentially of their patients remains in align with the Hippocratic Oath and the Nightingale Pledge [1,5,6]. Communication is a major part of a human being’s social life. One Billion People in the Elevator: The Ethical Challenges of Social Media and Health Care. Frequently it was in the hospital elevator that nurses connected conversed and shared experiences

Changing Communication Venues
The Growth in the Use of Social Media
Ethical Responsibility of Communicating on Social Media and Health Care
Perceived anonymity
Security and social media websites
Computer viruses can steal your identity
Social media and security
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