2013 PLUS Medical PL Symposium Smart Phones, Tablets & The Cloud: Prescription for Disaster?

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1 2013 PLUS Medical PL Symposium Smart Phones, Tablets & The Cloud: Prescription for Disaster? Chicago April 10-11, 2013

2 MODERATOR: Smart Phones, Tablets & The Cloud: Prescription for Disaster? Eduard Goodman, JD, LL.M., CIPP-US/C, Chief Privacy Officer, Identity Theft 911/IDT911 Canada PANELISTS: Paul Bantick, Head of TMB, Beazley Linn Freedman, Esq., Leader Privacy & Data Protection Group, Nixon Peabody LLP K Royal, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, Privacy Counsel, Align Technology, Inc.

, CIPP-US/C, Chief Privacy Officer, Identity Theft 911/IDT911 Canada PANELISTS: Paul

3 Revealed in an April, 2012 NPR Broadcast Device utilization at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston: 1,600 iphones are owned by doctors 1,000 ipads are owned by doctors. 3

4 JACKSON & COKER INDUSTRY REPORT (OCTOBER 2011) 80% of practicing physicians use smart phones, computer tablets, various mobile devices and numerous apps in their customary medical practice 4

5 JACKSON & COKER INDUSTRY REPORT (OCTOBER 2011) BREAKDOWN OF PHYSICIAN SPECIALISTS USAGE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN MEDICAL PRACTICE: ER physicians 40% Cardiologists 33% Urologists 31% Nephrologists 31% Dermatologists 30% Gastroenterologists 30% Psychiatrists 28% Radiologists 24% Rheumatologists 22% Endocrinologists 21% Oncologists 20% Clinical Pathologists 16%. 5

Nephrologists 31% Dermatologists 30% Gastroenterologists 30% Psychiatrists 28%

6 FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS: MODEL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN MEDICAL PRACTICE QuantiaMD surveyed more than 4,000 physicians and reported in September 2011 that: 87 percent use a social media website for personal use and 67 percent use social media for professional purposes 6

physicians and reported in September 2011 that: 87 percent use a social media

7 FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS: MODEL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN MEDICAL PRACTICE One meta-analysis of physician blogs found that nearly 17 percent included enough information about patients for them to be identified. 7

meta-analysis of physician blogs found that nearly 17 percent

8 FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS: MODEL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN MEDICAL PRACTICE In a 2010 survey of Executive Directors at state medical boards in the United States, 92 percent indicated that violations of online professionalism were reported in their jurisdiction. 8

Executive Directors at state medical boards in the United States, 92 percent

9 FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS: MODEL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN MEDICAL PRACTICE These violations of online professionalism included: Internet use for inappropriate contact with patients (69 percent), inappropriate prescribing (63 percent), and misrepresentation of credentials or clinical outcomes (60 percent). 9

included: Internet use for inappropriate contact with patients (69 percent),

10 FEDERATION OF STATE MEDICAL BOARDS: MODEL POLICY GUIDELINES FOR THE APPROPRIATE USE OF SOCIAL NETWORKING IN MEDICAL PRACTICE In response to these violations 71 percent of boards held formal disciplinary proceedings and 40 percent issued informal warnings. Outcomes from the disciplinary proceedings included: serious actions such as license limitation (44 percent), suspension (29 percent), or revocation (21 percent) of licensure. 10

and 40 percent issued informal warnings.

11 THE SYMANTEC SMARTPHONE HONEY STICK PROJECT 96% of lost smart phones were accessed by the finders of the devices 89% of devices were accessed for personal related apps and information 83% of devices were accessed for corporate related apps and information 11

devices were accessed for personal related apps and information

12 THE SYMANTEC SMARTPHONE HONEY STICK PROJECT 96% of lost smart phones were accessed by the finders of the devices 89% of devices were accessed for personal related apps and information 83% of devices were accessed for corporate related apps and information 12

13 THE SYMANTEC SMARTPHONE HONEY STICK PROJECT 70 % of devices were accessed for both business and personal related apps and information 50 % of smart phone finders contacted the owner and provided contact information 13

related apps and information 50 % of smart phone

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