Have they lost their mind?
Okay, folks … I want you to be sure that you are sitting down for this one. Sitting? Good. Now, take your left hand and firmly cup your jaw so that it cannot fall to the floor. Ready?
Facebook had plans to take health records – such as a patient’s age, prescriptions and number of hospital visits – and link it to their Facebook data. Facebook had already approached hospitals and health organizations with the idea, touting that it could (somehow?) help improve patient care. “For example, the Facebook data might reveal that a patient did not have many friends or did not receive many messages, so might need a nurse to visit them at home. It might also reveal that a patient did not speak English as their first language, which would help the hospital plan the person’s care.” Pardon, but wouldn’t the hospital already be aware that…
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I’m speechless, beyond words……………..
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Facebook is beyond out of control. But we humans helped them, too – we should have known that nothing is free. It seems we need to keep learning that lesson. 🙂
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You are so right.
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I had a Facebook account years ago, under my Great Dane’s name. Facebook is constantly trying to get me to come back in, with little notifications like “Come see what your friends are up to these days’ but I don’t, and I surely won’t now. So, if they are able to do all of this, with the medical records and stuff, will they put the health records of my Great Dane on their site?
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Your poor dog will probably get visits because Facebook said he needed company to cheer him up.
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Well that would be interesting, because Newman is dead. I don’t think Facebook, with all their fingers in everything, has quite figured out how to get those in the afterlife to join. Oh, but let’s not give them any ideas!
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Afterlife, smafterlife. It’s an opportunity,
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Good point!. It’s all about the might dollar!!!
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Facebook may have an afterlife connection.
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I would close my account in a heartbeat if that happened.
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I may do it anyway.
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oh my! opening for new hacking for sure…
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It’s sad if there is any medical professional who ‘needs’ FB to discover what it is they need to know to better help their patients.
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Ridiculous notion. I wdon’t care to share everything.
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Me either. It may appear I share a lot on my blog but I really do not. Actually I’m pretty private. I do have FB but I am more and more tempted to do away with it.
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I look hard at everything I post.
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Me too. In the early days I made mistakes, but I’ve learned.
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Once I had a friend tell me have a great time on vacation. I was not happy she told everybody we were out of town.
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Oh that would have been horrible. I am glad we can go in and edit comments others leave on our blogs.
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I wasn’t happy.
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They should be collecting all that information from the patient and their networks directly. If not, they are not doing their job!
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I don’t want people in my business. I tell the ones who need to know.
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Exactly!
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Exactly!
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wayyyyy out of control –
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Yep!
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