Use of WhatsApp in NHS 'widespread', say doctors Internet-based messaging apps are a key way for doctors to send patient information, the BBC has learned. Doctors and nurses are using WhatsApp and Snapchat to share information about patients "across the NHS", health professionals have told the BBC.
GP Alisdair MacNair said he was aware of a number of medical groups using WhatsApp to discuss patients. Use of internet-based messaging apps to send patient information is banned under current NHS guidelines. BBC News
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