In recent week’s I’ve been participating in Twitter chats led by Dr. Richard Besser (@DrRichardBesser), the Chief Health and Medical Editor for ABC News. There is a different topic focus each week – Tuesday mornings at 10 am (PT) – our most recent being the solicitation of health advice via social media. Twitter chats are a great example and, in fact there are a number of them to choose from, including:
- #CancerChat – cancer, cancer patient, cancer survivor, Oncology
- #co_health – employee wellness, workplace wellness
- #eldercarechat – elder care, elderly, geriatric, senior
- #hcsm – healthcare communication and social media
- #HITsm – health information technology, Healthcare IT social media, HITECH, HL7, Meaningful Use
- #homecarechat – home care
- #hpm – hospice, hospice and palliative medicine, hospice and palliative medicine physician, palliative, palliative care, palliative medicine
- #IVchat – infusion therapy, registered nurse, RN, vascular access
- #MDchat – doctor, physician, physician chat session
- #meded – doctor, medical education, physician
- #mhsm – mental health, mental health social media
- #RDchat – dietitian, nutrition
- #rheum – Rheumatoid Arthritis, Rheumatologist, Rheumatology
- #RNchat – nurse, registered nurse, Registered Nurse community
- #socpharm – biotech, ePharma, pharma, pharmaceutical, pharmacuetical company, social media marketing in pharmaceuticals
Thanks to the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts (@NAMIMass) for sharing these Twitter chats with me, the full list of which is posted here.
Anyone can follow Twitter chats and, if you have a Twitter account, you can participate as well. The #abcDrBchat is a great place to start:
WHAT: Twitter chat with ABC News’ Dr. Richard Besser (and yours truly, among others)
WHEN: Tuesday, 10 am (PT)
HOW: Hashtag #abcDrBchat
Simply search #abcDrBchat to follow the conversation and include the same in your tweet if you’d like to participate.
