Practice Management Alert
Remember Dangers of Mixing Social Media, Medicine
Don't risk losing your license; avoid these social media missteps. The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) offers many resources for physicians to remain compliant with their respective state's medical boards. They offer these crucial reminders on how missteps on social media can have outsize consequences on your practice, up to and including physician license revocation. The FSMB's report, Model Guidelines for the Appropriate Use of Social Media and Social Networking in Medical Practice, offers these reminders and guidelines: "Medical Board Sanctions and Disciplinary Findings State medical boards have the authority to discipline physicians for unprofessional behavior relating to the inappropriate use of social networking media, such as: "State medical boards have the option to discipline physicians for inappropriate or unprofessional conduct while using social media or social networking websites with actions that range from a letter of reprimand to the revocation of a license," the FSMB says. Find out more about the FSMB's social media usesuggestions here: http://www.fsmb.org/Media/Default/PDF/FSMB/Advocacy/pub-social-media-guidelines.pdf.
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