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Facebook and Twitter Fight Coronavirus Misinformation

February 1, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

With the emerging global public health crisis Facebook has initiated coordinated measures to control the spread of coronavirus misinformation. Below are select clips from Facebook’s recent press release, Keeping People Safe and Informed About the Coronavirus, detailing their initiative. Twitter has undertaken similar efforts to ensure that reliable health information ... Continue Reading about Facebook and Twitter Fight Coronavirus Misinformation

Tagged With: Facebook, Medical Misinformation, Twitter, Vaccines

Physicians, Social/Public Media

Anti-vaccine Attack on TikTok – Is Facebook Complicit?

January 20, 2020 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

Following a post last week about the benefits of immunization, Ohio pediatrician Nicole Baldwin became the target of a coordinated anti-vaccine attack on TikTok, Facebook and even her office. Her story then became the subject of mainstream media news. Of course, physicians as targets of the anti-vaccine mob is not new. Bloggers and early era social media ... Continue Reading about Anti-vaccine Attack on TikTok – Is Facebook Complicit?

Tagged With: Facebook, Social media, tiktok, Vaccines

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Messenger Kids from Facebook – What it Says About Us and Our Technology

December 7, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

Earlier this week Facebook announced the release of its product for children, Messenger Kids. Messenger Kids makes it easier for kids to video chat and message with family and friends with parental control. But you don’t need to look far to find those voicing concern. So what does our response to Messenger Kids say about us and technology? We don’t want our kids ... Continue Reading about Messenger Kids from Facebook – What it Says About Us and Our Technology

Tagged With: Facebook, Social media, Technology

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When Hospitals Engage by Megaphone

February 18, 2014 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

Last fall while teaching at the Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media Residency, I sat with an hospital admin who asked me about her facility’s twitter and Facebook feeds.  I told her it was a remarkable coincidence that everything created and shared was about her facility.  She suggested it was because so many remarkable achievements came from her ... Continue Reading about When Hospitals Engage by Megaphone

Tagged With: Facebook, Hospital marketing, Hospitals

Physicians, Social/Public Media

Should We Screen Doctors for Social Judgment?

December 10, 2013 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

It’s a recurring story that played itself out again recently.  A medical student takes pictures of a patient and posts them on Facebook.  This time the alleged victim is an inebriated supermodel and the student, one who defied direct orders to cease and desist.  The result is a $1.5m lawsuit, an embarrassed institution, a ruined career, and most importantly, a patient ... Continue Reading about Should We Screen Doctors for Social Judgment?

Tagged With: Digital professionalism, Facebook, Medical students, professionalism

Physicians, Social/Public Media

You Can’t Stop Public Conversation

February 13, 2013 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

I hear occasionally of medical schools that prohibit students from blogging or using tools like Twitter.   But those trying to legislate the conversation don't realize how fragmented our channels of dialog have become. And the rules that are created never really make sense. Blogging is prohibited but long comments are fine.  Twitter is verboten while Instagram, ... Continue Reading about You Can’t Stop Public Conversation

Tagged With: Facebook, Medical students, Twitter

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