Most recent by Aman Shah, MBBS
A safe harbor for online networking for orthopedic surgeons
In the first of a three-part series of articles related to the legal issues that are invoked by physician participation in social networking, we discussed how online activity of a professional can lead to the exercise of jurisdiction by a court that might otherwise not have jurisdictional authority over that person. Last month, author Joseph P. McMenamin, MD, JD, followed up by addressing the practical risks and nuances related to physician use of popular social media, such as Facebook or Twitter. We now present the perspectives of authors Jon Hyman, MD, and Aman Shah, MBBS, who will distinguish undifferentiated online social networking from professional networking, and offer protective measures physicians need in order to make full use of professional online social activity.