The question today for healthcare facilities isn't "does your facility use social media?" It's "who is using social media, for what purpose, and what policies govern its use in your organization?"
Some healthcare administrators and executives consider the notice of privacy practices (NPP) another government administrative burden. From a privacy perspective, however, the NPP is not a waste of time.
Q.As part of its fundraising effort, Hybrid Entity's cancer center wants to send a patient list (demographic information only) to Hybrid's development office, which is not designated as a healthcare component of Hybrid. Is this permissible?