TOPIC: Privacy and Confidentiality

Hi All,

Just a quick reminder that while some people are "out" vis a vis their HCV status and treatment most are not.

As a doctor we are taught pretty early on to be really, really careful about patient confidentiality. Most "normal" people are quite used to more open conversations where people and stuff are referenced directly.

Could I ask that you take special care to:

1) Not disclose your real world name/social media profiles unless you want to do so
2) Be mindful that although somebody might have shared their details with you, that should be viewed as confidential to you alone unless that person indicates otherwise.

Excellent reminder, Doc.

I have been a private and confident individual all my life
since I left home to go to college 45 years ago. Won't go
into the details, but people should be wary of the unknown
especially now. Before, no problem, but now with the
Interwebs, one has to be very careful with personal info.

Doc, how about doing this as a sticky for the newbies and
uninformed?

Thanks very much for posting this, Doc.

It's very easy to find someone on social media, especially if they use the same image on all platforms including this one (just saying). It's a bit disconcerting to find your words quoted on someone's FB page (just saying)