In the technology driven era of today we all want to use our so called smart phones to facilitate our day to day work.The social media has also been utilized for promotion of work, networking and consultations.Using the social media for our medical practice in one of the most controversial and debatable aspect. It surely makes you available to your patients all the time and at times it does help in scheduling appointments .But it is a potential source for medico legal negligence .The consultation provided on the social media is considered as a direct evidence against you in legal cases.The error of judgement clause does not hold for consultations given over the phone.
It also exposes you to unnecessary interruptions in the clinic and may interfere your decision making also.Patients expect you to revert on the investigation reports sent via social media ,which is detrimental to your…
