This is a Practice Management Day Pass Session.

Handouts

P807 Handout.pdf (4.4 MB)

Digital communications, records, and surgical tools have had a tremendous impact on the practice of oral and maxillofacial surgery. Bad online reviews can devastate the marketing of a practice. Texting, e-mails, and video uploads can create unanticipated liability for claims involving allegations of malpractice and confidentiality violations. Understanding a surgeon's legal rights, obligations and defenses is critical in avoiding such claims and establishing systems to protect productivity.

1. Describe the laws for the use of digital records, social media,and communications;
2. Recognize the legal exposures for claims of malpractice created by digital records, imaging and communications; and
3. Discuss the law of marketing on Web sites and social media such as Facebook, and the attendant issues of patient confidentiality with HIPAA compliance.