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What Happens in the Hospital Doesn’t Stay in the Hospital

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Dissent

Melissa Jayne Kinsey compiles some cases where medical personnel breached patient privacy by their use of social media – sometimes intentionally. Read her article on Slate.


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2 thoughts on “What Happens in the Hospital Doesn’t Stay in the Hospital”

  1. Anonymous says:
    January 13, 2014 at 2:47 pm

    This story gives a whole new meaning to “Primum non nocere” or “First, Do No Harm”

    1. Anonymous says:
      January 13, 2014 at 3:52 pm

      Agreed. It’s one thing to have medical errors made in good faith, but intentionally sharing information like this? Ugh…

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