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Kerr Russell

May I Use Patient Information to Respond to Internet Criticism?

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Question: It was recently brought to my attention that a patient posted on the internet false and misleading information regarding treatment I provided to her. The posting also contains false and defamatory descriptions of me...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

No Practice Is Too Small to Ignore Risks of Disclosing PHI on Social Media

An unsurprisingly large number of medical and dental practices regularly monitor patient reviews or opinions posted on social media in order to, among other things, respond to unfairly negative or even blatantly false patient...more

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