1. healthblawg Biggest areas of concern ppl have re healthcare SoMe is HIPAA and privacy law. Right area to be concerned abt. #hcsm
  2. healthblawg Fed and state healthcare privacy laws interact and overlap; EU & other int'l law to think abt given global reach of www #hcsm
  3. healthblawg Under HIPAA, 'covered entity' can't release PHI to 3rd party w/o pt consent. #hcsm
  4. healthblawg Providers get consent up front by having pts sign notice of privacy practices (NPP); need to articulate planned use for PHI in NPP #hcsm
  5. healthblawg State law can be stricter than HIPAA (recent NV and MA general privacy laws, focused on protection against ID theft) #hcsm
  6. healthblawg Another area of concern: mandated reporting. St law often make providers mandated reporters of things like gunsht wnds, domestc violnc #hcsm
  7. healthblawg I mention mandated reporting laws as example of how receiving info via SoMe may trigger obligations beyond obligs to pt #hcsm
  8. healthblawg Mass. law, for example, applies to doc who is attending or treating pt w GSW http://bit.ly/qbHZz What does attending or treating mean? #hcsm
  9. healthblawg When docs offer medical advice via tweets or other SoMe I'd say they are 'treating' #hcsm
  10. healthblawg #hcsm But let's step back a mopment... IMHO, this is all a bit academic right no... Read More: http://is.gd/123pv