Introduction
The use of social media is increasing rapidly in health care, to help people to build stronger, more successful patient relationships. Social media helps to communicate, support patient and educate. Health care professional have many social media tools which are easily excess able including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Flickr. These tools allows health care professionals to enhance patient care, educated and share information. It supports and helps the health care system, but there are potential risk that are associated, which can cause problem to professional. (NCBI, C. Lee Ventola , JUNE 2014) This assignment will explore, personal association with social media and will navigate the difference how the concepts of using social …show more content…
(AHPRA 2014). Social media networking helps to strong the bond with the patient in health care. Social media networking is one of the source that assists nursing facility in helping students to gain understanding of health policy, patient privacy and being professional health care worker. (Terri L. Schmitt, No3 September 2012.) Social media has helped many health care professionals, to achieve good result and help the patients at the same time. Patients have been getting information and emotional support by being active on social media. By obeying professional Obligations, social media has aided an extension of clinical care to distant patients. Professional not following the obligations could get into serious problem, will also be untrustworthy person. Some patient might research history about online activities about the health career to be sure that they can trust. (Katherine C. Chretien, Terry Kind, 2013). In the relation of using social media, all the health care professional and the students should follow the National law social media policy and code of conduct policy and be aware of the Consequences. All health care professionals and the students need be aware of the advertising requirements, only advertise the relevant …show more content…
Health care professional should ensure that all personal social media has set up privacy setting so it 's not viewed by the public. It’s important to follow the code of ethical conduct on confidentiality and privacy (AHPRA, 17 March 2014). Confidentiality is an ethical duty of health care professional whilst privacy is a common law. Health care professional have responsibilities to keep patients safe by applying the obligations which is required. Information can’t be disclosure without the person implied consent. Patient should be involved in discussion and understand what they are giving consent to. (The Law hand book, 2015). In health care professions, health carer has responsibilities to maintain patient privacy, when posting or talking about the patient in online networking. (Australian Collage of Nursing) Health care professional’s responsibilities is to keep the patients safe and respect privacy, which they fail. Nurses often made mistake honestly, for example taking inoperative image and sharing on personal social media. (Charles Ornstein 2015) Photos or video shouldn’t be taken of patients on personal or employer-provided devices without following policies. If health care professional is found unable to follow polices, there is Potential Consequences. If it’s found, they may face fine or temporary loss of licensure and have history record.
The use of social media is increasing rapidly in health care, to help people to build stronger, more successful patient relationships. Social media helps to communicate, support patient and educate. Health care professional have many social media tools which are easily excess able including Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Flickr. These tools allows health care professionals to enhance patient care, educated and share information. It supports and helps the health care system, but there are potential risk that are associated, which can cause problem to professional. (NCBI, C. Lee Ventola , JUNE 2014) This assignment will explore, personal association with social media and will navigate the difference how the concepts of using social …show more content…
(AHPRA 2014). Social media networking helps to strong the bond with the patient in health care. Social media networking is one of the source that assists nursing facility in helping students to gain understanding of health policy, patient privacy and being professional health care worker. (Terri L. Schmitt, No3 September 2012.) Social media has helped many health care professionals, to achieve good result and help the patients at the same time. Patients have been getting information and emotional support by being active on social media. By obeying professional Obligations, social media has aided an extension of clinical care to distant patients. Professional not following the obligations could get into serious problem, will also be untrustworthy person. Some patient might research history about online activities about the health career to be sure that they can trust. (Katherine C. Chretien, Terry Kind, 2013). In the relation of using social media, all the health care professional and the students should follow the National law social media policy and code of conduct policy and be aware of the Consequences. All health care professionals and the students need be aware of the advertising requirements, only advertise the relevant …show more content…
Health care professional should ensure that all personal social media has set up privacy setting so it 's not viewed by the public. It’s important to follow the code of ethical conduct on confidentiality and privacy (AHPRA, 17 March 2014). Confidentiality is an ethical duty of health care professional whilst privacy is a common law. Health care professional have responsibilities to keep patients safe by applying the obligations which is required. Information can’t be disclosure without the person implied consent. Patient should be involved in discussion and understand what they are giving consent to. (The Law hand book, 2015). In health care professions, health carer has responsibilities to maintain patient privacy, when posting or talking about the patient in online networking. (Australian Collage of Nursing) Health care professional’s responsibilities is to keep the patients safe and respect privacy, which they fail. Nurses often made mistake honestly, for example taking inoperative image and sharing on personal social media. (Charles Ornstein 2015) Photos or video shouldn’t be taken of patients on personal or employer-provided devices without following policies. If health care professional is found unable to follow polices, there is Potential Consequences. If it’s found, they may face fine or temporary loss of licensure and have history record.