Physicians Spreading Misinformation on Social Media — Do Right and Wrong Answers Still Exist in Medicine?

ACR Presidential Address: Rheumatologists—Folks You Can Trust

“…Various groups, such as the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), with our subspecialty Rheumatology Board led by Dr. Dino Kazi, are now identifying those with medicine certification who are espousing the most clearly inaccurate information (13). California already has taken a proactive approach to flagrant misinformation (14).…”

Addressing the spread of health-related misinformation on social networks: an opinion article

“…Unprecedented conditions understandably created increased needs for information. Nowadays, medicine has a truth problem, since it has been identified that medical misinformation constitutes a major public health threat, and many professional societies, including the American Medical Association, have called for action to fight it ( 11 , 12 ).…”

Using Social Media Platforms for the Greater Good—The Case for Leveraging Social Media for Effective Public Health Messaging

“…Moving forward, with the removal of some safeguards against disseminating misinformation, social media platforms may become a more difficult landscape to navigate and provide effective public health messaging. And with some health care workers attempting to use these platforms to push their own agendas, 5 it can become even more challenging to create effective public health messaging campaigns when the misinformation is sometimes coming from within our own house.…”