Pharmaceutical Industry Opens Line of Communication Through Social Media

In my next column, I will discuss issues around social media and health care professionals. There are some very real traps that come with “broadcasting” seemingly innocent information and experiences using this new form of communication.

Rodney Lusk, MD, is director of the Boys Town Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic and Cochlear Implant Center at Boys Town National Research Hospital in Omaha, Neb. He has been working with EMRs since 1996. He may be reached at rodney.lusk@boystown.org.