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Table 5 Pitfalls and dangers of social media for radiologists

From: Social media for radiologists: an introduction

- Insufficient or inappropriate legislation and policies in hospitals/practices

- Insufficient separation of personal and professional data

- Insufficient privacy settings (who can see/read what I post?)

- Insufficient protection of patient privacy/identity

- Lack of obvious guidelines as to what is appropriate or inappropriate to say

- Questionable reliability of information on resources

- Lack of review of published material