IMCAS Alert: Rules & Code of Conduct
Purpose
IMCAS Alert enables physicians to seek peer advice on complex clinical cases in a professional, independent, and evidence-based environment.
1. Professional Conduct
- Discussions must be clinical and relevant to patient care.
- Political, racial, religious, or non-medical discussions are prohibited.
- Interactions must remain respectful and collegial.
2. Independence & Conflict of Interest
- Advertising, promotional activity, and commercial solicitation are prohibited.
- Members discussing specific products, devices, or companies must disclose any relevant financial relationships or conflicts of interest.
- The platform may not be used for marketplace activity, recruitment, commercial negotiations, or price coordination.
3. Patient Privacy & Data Protection
- All cases must be fully de-identified.
- By posting patient images, members confirm that prior explicit written patient consent has been obtained and retained in accordance with applicable privacy laws.
- Protected Health Information (PHI) must not be shared.
- Members are responsible for compliance with applicable data protection and privacy laws.
4. Content Integrity
- Recommendations should align with evidence-based medical practice.
- Coordinators or IMCAS staff members may remove content that is unsafe, promotional, non-compliant, or unrelated to the original case.
- Unauthorized reproduction or redistribution of platform content is prohibited.
5. Responsibility & Liability
- All opinions are advisory and for professional educational exchange only.
- Responsibility for clinical decisions rests solely with the treating physician.
- IMCAS and its advisors cannot be held liable for treatment outcomes.
6. Enforcement
- Failure to comply may result in temporary suspension or permanent exclusion from the platform.