Comments on: Should you blog about patients? http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/should-you-blog-about-patients.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: MedFriendlyhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/should-you-blog-about-patients.html#comment-79370 MedFriendly Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:00:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/should-you-blog-about-patients.html#comment-79370 A tricky subject. When I mention events related to patients, I remove or change information that could readily identify the person. I feel this provides the proper balance. As for journal articles, some would argue those are adding to scientifc knowledge and that most require patient consent.<br/><br/>Dominic A. Carone, Ph.D. <br/>Founder and Webmaster of <a HREF="http://www.medfriendly.com" REL="nofollow">MedFriendly.com</a> and <a HREF="http://www.medfriendly.com/blog.html" REL="nofollow">The MedFriendly blog</a>. A tricky subject. When I mention events related to patients, I remove or change information that could readily identify the person. I feel this provides the proper balance. As for journal articles, some would argue those are adding to scientifc knowledge and that most require patient consent.

Dominic A. Carone, Ph.D.
Founder and Webmaster of MedFriendly.com and The MedFriendly blog.

]]> By: Greg Phttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2007/08/should-you-blog-about-patients.html#comment-79357 Greg P Tue, 21 Aug 2007 23:14:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2007/08/should-you-blog-about-patients.html#comment-79357 Surely this fits in with the problem of new things seeming more different than they are.<br/><br/>If blogging about patients in any way is unacceptable, then writing journal articles is likewise unacceptable, writing medical texts with clinical vignettes is unacceptable. I don't think there is a tradition of getting patients' permission to write about them - there is for photographs, but not the clinical information.<br/><br/>I do think you should take measures to not identify specific persons, and one has to be cautious about distorted, emotionally-charged, and potentially libelous or slanderous comments. Surely this fits in with the problem of new things seeming more different than they are.

If blogging about patients in any way is unacceptable, then writing journal articles is likewise unacceptable, writing medical texts with clinical vignettes is unacceptable. I don’t think there is a tradition of getting patients’ permission to write about them – there is for photographs, but not the clinical information.

I do think you should take measures to not identify specific persons, and one has to be cautious about distorted, emotionally-charged, and potentially libelous or slanderous comments.

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