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Community Guidelines

Maintaining trust, credibility, and professionalism in the healthcare community

Apronhanger is a professional networking platform for healthcare professionals.

To maintain trust, credibility, and a respectful environment, all members are expected to follow these Community Guidelines.

By using Apronhanger, you agree to adhere to the principles outlined below.

1

Professional Conduct

  • Maintain respectful, professional, and ethical behavior at all times
  • Communicate with courtesy and professionalism
  • Disagreements are acceptable; disrespect, harassment, or abuse are not
  • Unprofessional conduct may result in content removal or account suspension.
2

Authentic & Accurate Representation

  • Users must provide true and accurate professional information
  • Credentials, qualifications, and affiliations should be genuine
  • Impersonation, fake profiles, or misleading claims are strictly prohibited
  • Apronhanger reserves the right to verify professional credentials.
3

Responsible Content Sharing

  • Members may share:
  • • Professional experiences and insights
  • • Academic discussions and research summaries
  • • General clinical learnings (without patient-identifiable data)
  • • Career milestones and professional achievements
  • Members must not share:
  • • Personal medical advice to patients
  • • Diagnoses or treatment recommendations for individuals
  • • Misinformation, unverified claims, or pseudoscience
4

Patient Privacy & Confidentiality

  • Do not post patient-identifiable information
  • Case discussions must be anonymized
  • Images, reports, or records should not reveal identity
  • Violation of patient privacy may lead to immediate account suspension.
5

No Patient Consultation or Solicitation

  • Apronhanger is not a telemedicine or patient consultation platform.
  • Members must not:
  • • Offer direct medical consultation to patients
  • • Solicit patients for treatment or services
  • • Share contact details for patient outreach
  • Any attempt to convert the platform into a patient marketplace is prohibited.
6

Ethical Promotion & Commercial Activity

  • Promotional content must be relevant, transparent, and ethical
  • Spam, aggressive marketing, or misleading advertisements are not allowed
  • Job postings, academic events, and professional opportunities are permitted
  • Apronhanger may restrict or moderate commercial content.
7

Respect for Laws & Regulations

  • Members must comply with:
  • • Applicable healthcare laws and regulations
  • • Medical council codes of ethics
  • • Data protection and privacy laws
  • Content violating laws or regulations may be removed without notice.
8

Platform Integrity & Safety

  • You must not:
  • • Post abusive, defamatory, hateful, or obscene content
  • • Spread misinformation or fear-based narratives
  • • Attempt to manipulate platform features or data
  • Any activity threatening platform integrity will be acted upon.
9

Moderation & Enforcement

  • Apronhanger reserves the right to:
  • • Review, moderate, or remove content
  • • Suspend or terminate accounts for guideline violations
  • • Take action without prior notice in serious cases
  • Repeated violations may result in permanent account removal.
10

Reporting Concerns

  • Members are encouraged to report:
  • • Misconduct
  • • Misinformation
  • • Fake profiles
  • • Ethical violations
  • Reports help keep the community safe and professional.
11

Updates to Guidelines

  • These guidelines may be updated periodically.
  • Continued use of Apronhanger implies acceptance of updated guidelines.

Core Principle

Apronhanger exists to elevate healthcare professionals—not to replace clinical judgment or ethical responsibility.