Medical Economics spoke with health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., about vendor contracts, patient consent and the malpractice questions physicians could face next.
|Articles|July 19, 2023
Americans using social media to self-diagnose – with surprising results
Author(s)Todd Shryock, Logan Lutton
Social media platform used for self-diagnosis varies by generation.
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With social media playing such a large role in people’s lives, it should come as no surprise that when someone is concerned about their health, they look online for answers. A
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