Sudy: Sometimes, it’s OK for physicians to google patients

Patients often go online to find diagnoses, drug information, and details about their physicians. But do professional standards prevent physicians from doing the same to patients? Sometimes, the practice is acceptable—most other times, it isn’t, according to the authors of a paper in the January issue of the Journal of General Internal Medicine. They hope their paper sparks conversation among colleagues and the AMA about creating guidelines for providers in the digital age.

Source: Reuters