By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Dr. Ryan Greysen, pictured on right, in a hypothetical photo demonstrating what type of online physician behavior could prompt state boards to investigate. Depicted Use of Alcohol Without Intoxication Online –Vignette with low consensus for investigation. (Image used with permission by Dr. Ryan Greysen.)
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By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
A new report to be released tomorrow in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Online Professionalism Investigations by State Medical Boards: First, Do No Harm,” by S. Ryan Greysen, MD, MHS, MA; David Johnson, MA; Terry Kind, MD, MPH; Katherine C. Chretien, MD; Cary P. Gross, MD, MPH; Aaron Young, PhD; [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
The top posts on Healthin30 include topics on social media in health care, patient engagement, importance of teamwork in medicine, and healthy living.
Thank you for your insightful comments, tweets and postings to Facebook.
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Social Media: Medical Social Networking – Part 2 [24 Comments 117 Tweets]
This is a comprehensive post that delves [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Medical Professionals Engaging in Social Media
A Comprehensive Guide

Part Two
In Part One, I talked with Dr. Marc Siegel about Medical Social Networking on FOX NEWS Live.
I wish we had more time; the edited segment is 6 minutes and 17 seconds.
Social Media and Medical Professionals
In this post, “Social Media: Medical [...]

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
Social networking and health care
Part One

Medical Professionals are using social media, such as Facebook, Twitter and You Tube to engage patients in their health.
They are using it to provide accurate information to help educate patients and to help empower them to be proactive and take charge of their health.
I joined [...]