Social media usage for neurointerventionalists: report of the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery Standards and Guidelines Committee

Abstract

The purpose of this publication is to provide a review of social media usage by neurointerventionalists. Using published literature and available local, regional, and national guidelines or laws, we reviewed data on social media usage as it pertains to neurointerventional surgery. Recommendations are provided based on the quality of information and conformity of medico-legal precedent and law. Social media is a growing entity as it is used both promotionally and educationally. Neurointerventionalists may post de-identified radiographic images with discussions, but should be conscientious and adhere to applicable laws and regulations, strict ethical codes, and institutional policies.

Best Practices for Point of Care Ultrasound: An Interdisciplinary Expert Consensus

“…When especially rare pathology is depicted, deidentification might require even greater efforts at obscuring the source (#37). They also highlighted the importance of using professional language (#38) when POCUS cases were discussed in public media 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 . Despite these cautions, they rejected the idea that properly-anonymized clinical POCUS images should never be reproduced or discussed in public, or that such use always requires patient consent (#34).…”

Social Media for Global Neurosurgery. Benefits and limitations of a groundbreaking approach to communication and education

“…For the phase 3, a quality assessment of the posted material, exclusively regarding clinical case reports and second opinions, was obtained by establishing four main quality-criteria: privacy violation , according to the categories of identifiable information under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ( Fargen et al., 2021 ); low-quality imaging , including inappropriate imaging modality for the case, insufficient imaging data (i.e. planes, slices, etc.…”

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“…Social media has already created this artificial bias of showing our successes over our failures. 6,7 Does ranking us, and creating popularity contests help us overcome this bias? Will it make the neurointerventionalist more or less likely to share their failures along with their successes?…”