7th Learning Journal

These articles on social media were very interesting to me. A lot of the information that was shared reinforced how I thought about social media in the healthcare industry. The Forbes article on social media stuck out to me a lot because of what we went through recently with covid-19. During the pandemic, many voices on social media were silenced because of their opinion on the virus. A famous evolutionary biologist Bret Weinstein was censored because of his view on the origin of the pandemic and we saw other medical professionals get censored because they did not subscribe to the original mainstream views. In the end I feel like a lot of them were vindicated in their views. On the flip side of people who were correct that were censored, we saw many people with incorrect and unsubstantiated beliefs also get censored. I think censorship is dangerous in this way because it treats all people as if they are children and stifles people's freedom of speech. The article mentioned a younger generation who don’t seek out primary doctors and tend to use information from the internet as a source of preventative care. I would include myself in that younger generation that tends to get a lot of healthcare information from the internet. This can be dangerous because there are many scam artists out there who are looking to make a quick profit selling snake oil but I also believe there is plenty of good and maybe even groundbreaking information being shared online. The Forbes article mentioned a substantial portion of healthcare professionals get information from online. If these healthcare professionals follow correct ethics and listen to credible sources like Dr. Matthew Walker or Andrew Huberman I believe they could provide better patient outcomes. The article from Patient Empowerment Network hit on what I initially thought about when I saw social media in healthcare. HIPAA is highly emphasized when you begin training at any competent healthcare organization. The advent of technology has increased the risk of HIPAA violations but social media increases the risk because now patient data can be leaked in an innocent selfie. Healthcare companies emphasize the unintentional risks that can occur and create stringent guidelines to follow to mitigate risk. Arnold, A. (2018, June 5). Can Social Media Have A Positive Impact On Global Healthcare? Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewarnold/2018/06/05/can-social-media-have-a-positive-impact-on-global-healthcare/?sh=f24bf6c18a01 Austin, M. (2019). Health Care and Social Media: Importance of Facing Their Challenges. Patient Empowerment Network. https://powerfulpatients.org/2019/12/18/health-care-and-social-media-importance-of-facing-their-challenges/

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