Barbara Ficarra

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8 Ways to Avoid Ethical Pitfalls in Social Media – Part One

 Do the ethical rules of law apply to medicine?   Do the ethical…

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Part 3 – TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication

 Part three of a three-part series on Healthin30TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical…

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TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication-Part 2

 Part two of a three part series on Healthin30TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving…

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TEDMED Great Challenges: Improving Medical Communication-Sound Bites for Twitter

 Part one of a three part series on Healthin30    Part one…

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Mobile Health Around the Globe: Robot Power Suit From Japan Helps Patients Walk

 Hybrid Assistive Limb or HAL   Hybrid Assistive Limb or HAL “A robot suit…

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Doctors and Social Media: Legal Aspects and Bottom Line

 The health care social media legal series continues here on Healthin30, and…

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Doctors and Social Media: Personal vs. Professional Online Content

   The topic of health care social media continues here on Healthin30,…

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Doctors and Social Media: What are the appropriate boundaries for the doctor/patient relationship?

     Continuing on the topic of physicians use with social media, David…

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Doctors and Social Media – Two Photos Which Could Prompt State Boards to Investigate

   Dr. Ryan Greysen, pictured on right, in a hypothetical photo demonstrating…

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State Medical Boards Address Inappropriate Online Physician Behaviors

 A new report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Online Professionalism Investigations…

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