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There could be several areas in which hospitals can find themselves in trouble -- ethically speaking, again -- when it comes to doctor/patient contact -- i.e., what is appropriate and what is not.
Security issues will also become quite important in the future as hospitals and other medical centers adopt greater technology. There are strict HIPAA standards that hospitals must live up to and social media sites and other e-contact could be a violation of these standards. With greater technology comes the likelihood of new types of security breaches, which will mean that the hospital must have a very savvy it department to make sure that there are not any security issues having to do with information leaks, etc.
Overall, health care organizations adopting new technology is the way of the future. Even our President has changed politics and how he relates to the American people via his capabilities with social media (Fagel 2011). Technology improves...
Patients will find it much easier to take an actual active part in their health and this will benefit doctors and the greater good of society because it means that people will become healthier.
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Fagel, M. (2011). "Obama, social media, and presidential advances in communication technology." Politics daily. Accessed on January 29, 2011:
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/09/is-obama-using-social-media-to-bypass-
the-press-corps/
Kumekawa, J. (2005). "Overview: HIPAA: How our health care world has changed." the
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