Limits on Holistic Patient Information: For obvious reasons, doctors are hesitant to provide medical advice to “online patients” when they have very little in the way of holistic medical history. Doctors have very good reasons for shining light in your eyes and listening to you breath during an office visit. Interacting with patients online admittedly limits a physician’s access to important information. As a result, this new social medium for disseminating healthcare services creates questions related to liability for misdiagnosis. The reactionary nature of laws, particularly in regulating the use of new technologies, make healthcare organizations very skeptical about the social media scene.
Social Stigma: While there is a growing movement
Social Stigma: While there is a growing movement