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PHE3LMH Law and Management in Health - La Trobe University
TASK -Health services and Law
There are numerous laws that affect the operations of health services. If you are part of the governance and management structure of a health organisation, you will have responsibilities for ensuring your organisation abides by the law.
Task 2 engages you in learning about the appropriate use of social media (e.g. Facebook, Twitter) by health professionals in health organisations.
Background preparation
1. Read this article on social media and health professionals:
• Lee Ventola, C. (2014). Social Media and Health Care Professionals: Benefits, Risks, and Best Practices, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Jul; 39(7): 491-499, 520.
2. Become familiar with the Fair Work Act 2009 (Cth)
Task 2
Use The Royal Children's Hospital Social Media Policy as a guide to determine the preferred course of action against the nurses in each of the four following scenarios:
- Taking photos of anaesthetised patients with stickers on their face (Los Angeles Times) Chad Terhune, "Surgery photo leads to privacy lawsuit against Torrance Memorial", Los Angeles Times (Online), 4 September 2013.
- Nurse making "V sign" (Daily Mail) Tamara Cohen, "Pictured on Facebook, the dedicated nursing team at C. diff scandal hospital", The Daily Mail (Online), 8 June 2009.
- Nurse food fight (Daily Mail) Andy Dolan, "Captured on Facebook, the food-fighting nurses at hospital where 1,200 died", The Daily Mail (Online), 22 April 2010
- Nurse advocating euthanasia in ‘novel' circumstances (Daily Mail) "Nurse investigated after suggesting euthanasia for 'gingers, the elderly and those with bad toenails' on Facebook", The Daily Mail (Online), 12 May 2011
Include in your response
- Describe social media and the ways it can be used by health professionals in healthcare
- What specific Australian laws and/or regulations are expected to be upheld by the health professionals mentioned in the four scenarios to ensure the provision of safe, high quality services?
- For each scenario:
- What Australian standards, behaviours and/or law does/do the health professional/s breach in relation to social media use?
- What course of action against the health professional/s do you propose? (use the Royal Children's
- Hospital Social Media Policy as guide)
- What can the health professional/s do to challenge this imposed course of action?