HUFFINGTON POST – Mar 21 – New research suggests doctors are contacting patients on dating sites and engaging in other unprofessional online behavior – and sometimes getting caught. That's according to a survey of most state medical boards that license and discipline doctors. Most boards said they'd received at least one complaint about unprofessional online behavior; 25% had received more than three complaints. The most common violation was asking patients out online. Others were prescribing medicine and overstating medical credentials online.
by Lindsey Tanner
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People lie about themselves online. Even doctors.
People lie about themselves online. Even doctors.