Should Health Care Professionals Google Patients or Family Members?

Using the Internet for collateral information in forensic mental health evaluations

“…Discussions about privacy have logically followed in professional literatures across disciplines given the pervasiveness of Internet use throughout the country, including but not limited to those in the social communications literature (see, e.g., Fernback & Papacharissi, 2007;Lange, 2007;Light & McGrath, 2010), that which pertains to employment, university admissions, and healthcare settings (e.g. Brashler, 2011;Crigger & Wynia, 2011;Shea & Wesley, 2006;Slovensky & Ross, 2012), law enforcement (Augenstein, 2013), and attorney communications (Lakhani, 2013). Whereas these issues have received a fair amount of attention in the general mental health literature, they have only recently begun to receive increased attention in the forensic mental health practice arena.…”

Defining a Mismatch: Differences in Usage of Social Networking Sites Between Medical Students and the Faculty Who Teach Them

“…This concordance was unexpected because a national consensus on this topic has yet to develop. 9,19,[22][23][24][25] It may be explained by the observation that all students, as well as many of the faculty, had previously completed the same course in clinical ethics that emphasizes patient autonomy and privacy. A curriculum to train students on appropriate use of SNS should include a discussion of this topic with a review of potential risks and benefits.…”

Social Media Use in Perioperative Patient Care in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

“…There is currently scant literature on how clinicians should interact with patient social media accounts and the best practices for using social media as a supplement to a comprehensive history 7 . Clinton et al, 4 a team of psychiatrists, proposed a pragmatic model for evaluating the ethics of searching online for patient information to address professional ethics in this area and respect patients' best interests.…”