Improving Health Outcomes for Nursing

Report Improving Health
Outcomes for Nursing

Table of contents
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
The uses of social media by healthcare workers in contemporary healthcare...............3
The professional guidelines for using social media.......................................................3
Social media platforms...................................................................................................4
Reasons to engage social media.....................................................................................4
RISKS............................................................................................................................5
Legal issues....................................................................................................................5
Social issues...................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

MAIN BODY
The uses of social media by healthcare workers in contemporary healthcare
The health care workers are using the social media for various reasons such as:
Sharing information
The healthcare workers use the social media as a tool to share information through the websites
where they can share the information about the general flu shots and the advice on how to avoid
a cold (Merchant (2020).
Compare and improve the quality
The social media can be used by the health workers to compare and improve the quality of the
content posted by them. They can observe their competitors online and evaluate their practices
as well as the social media involvement, this helps them to improve their practices. This helps
in improving the customer service and the rate of responding to the patients on the social media.
Train medical personnel
Social media is being used in the training purposes by the health professionals. The trainees are
encouraged to get involved in the social media platform for the interactive and the enjoyable
learning.
Live updates
This use of the social media is controversial. The use of the social platforms in the operating
rooms for providing the up to date information and the state during the procedures, for the
students and some doctors. Some people state this practice to be distracting for the doctor who
is operating. The argument is going on the educational value of this use.
Communicating in the time of crisis
At the time of crisis social media can be a life changing tool for the workers and the health care
professionals. The organizations can spread the information getting from the centers for
diseases control, to keep others updated.
The professional guidelines for using social media
The social media information is protected under the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act) complaint guidelines. Various security guidelines are set for protecting the
information on the social media channels from being misused. Social safeguards are used to
protect the social media post from going live that is against the policies of the social media. The
social networking policies are made clear to the employees. The discussion of the patients are
strictly prohibited even in general. The professional are allowed to speak in general about the
condition as well as treatments. The professional are not allowed to practice the medicine online
by responding to the offline patients (Borgmann and et.al(2018).