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Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest: An Assessment of Twitter Posts in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Trent Walradt1, Mohammad Bilal2, Vaibhav Wadhwa2
1Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Introduction:
To evaluate compliance with confidentiality and conflicts of interest (COI) in tweets sharing gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy videos/images.
Methods:
Physicians' tweets containing GI endoscopy videos/images were assessed for confidentiality and COI compliance.
Results:
Identifiable details in tweets included procedure date (17.9%), date of birth (0.8%), and patient's face visible (0.5%). Ninety-five tweets (10%) mentioned the name/brand of a medical device. Of the 19 posted by US physicians, 7 came from physicians who had received payments from the device manufacturer. None of these physicians disclosed relevant COI.
Discussion:
GI endoscopy tweets describing clinical cases or procedures may insufficiently address issues of confidentiality and COI.
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