Over a month since #MedX & the convo continues. Nice to see Patients remain at center of discussion. #hcsm pic.twitter.com/RxY2r9s9lt
— Thomas M. Lee (@tmlfox) November 11, 2013
If I’m counting correctly, this will be the 70th post in the HOTW series. In honor of that milestone, I thought I’d profile #HCSM. #HCSM stands for Health Care Social Media, but because it is one of the most senior and most used of all health hashtags, many people use it to discuss broader concepts and to simply bring news and events to the attention of other people tracking healthcare information on Twitter. Basically, if you want to use Twitter to promote information, ideas, events, or anything else related to healthcare, you should probably send a tweet out to #hcsm. It is also my number one favorite and most used hashtag in my own personal Twitter activities.
The HCSM tag and community have proven so successful that they have generated innumerable spinoffs, in other countries and languages, for specific events or conferences, and more. Actually, we are hoping to get a #HCSMMI going, for the Michigan area HCSM community. In the meantime, just to show some of the breadth and activity of the HCSM community, check out this list of related tags.
#hcsm – Health Care Social Media
#hcsmanz – HCSM Australia & New Zealand
#hcsmasia – HCSM Asia
#hcsmat – HCSM Austria
#hcsmca – HCSM Canada
#hcsmcourse – HCSM Course
#hcsmeu – HCSM, Europe
#hcsmeues – HCSM, Europe, Spain
#hcsmeufr – HCSM, Europe, France
#hcsmforum – HCSM Forum
#hcsmfr – HCSM French
#hcsmgbc – HCSM GBC (Global Camp)
#hcsmglobal – HCSM Global
#hcsmglobalcamp – HCSM Global Camp
#hcsmhanys – HCSM Healthcare Association of New York State
#hcsmin – HCSM India
#hcsmla – HCSM Latin America
#hcsmny – HCSM New York
#hcsmreview – HCSM Review
#hcsmse – HCSM Sweden
#hcsmsv – HCSM Silicon Valley
#hcsmtx – HCSM Texas
#hcsmua – HCSM Ukraine
#hcsmuk – HCSM United Kingdom
#hcsmvac – HCSM Vaccination
#thcsm – Tactical HCSM
Here are some tweets from HCSM this past week.
If 80% of your hospital's #hcsm tweets are promoting health fairs, you are doing it wrong. Your tweets should be your health fair.
— Will Weider (@CandidCIO) November 18, 2013
The Anatomy of Health Care in the United States. JAMA http://t.co/x4YT9gUO3i Hat Tip to #hcsm | #meded 1/2
— Robert West PhD (@westr) November 12, 2013
"Insight into clinicians’ use of online resources for professional networking and career development" http://t.co/v14fPDeTkC #hcsm
— Steve Sisko (@ShimCode) November 18, 2013
Doctors have an online presence, but they don't know it yet. My Q&A @ACPInternist: http://t.co/r6G1sgmQn3 #hcsm
— Kevin Pho, M.D. (@kevinmd) November 11, 2013
Fighting Disease With Tweets & Status Updates: Social Media Patterns Reveal How Diseases Spread | @scoopit http://t.co/28dXnFqcgg #hcsm
— Marie Ennis-O'Connor (@JBBC) November 12, 2013
Social Media Explained in Healthcare: Infographic http://t.co/3bC6savy46 #hcsm
— Berci Meskó, MD, PhD (@Berci) November 11, 2013
Billionaires Investing in mHealth http://t.co/t7T9NxuLiL #HITsm #hcsm
— EMR, EHR and HIT (@ehrandhit) November 18, 2013
RT @heatherswifty: Top 30 Healthcare Twitter Hashtags to use while Tweeting | @scoopit via @JBBC http://t.co/6Zm9MNml0w #hcsm #FOAMed
— Lurie Cancer Center (@LurieCancer) November 18, 2013
The purpose of #hcsm should be to connect people with care. Sadly, it doesn't happen as often as it should. But when it does it's powerful.
— Will Weider (@CandidCIO) November 18, 2013
Best #hcsm Tweet Today | MT @ehrandhit: Will Google Use Health IT To Make You Immortal? http://t.co/YVYdi9kMbj #HITsm
— Tony A. Hart (@TonyHart87) November 15, 2013
.@jchevinsky @ryanwynia @Sermo @GailZahtz There are programs for teens to text Qs. See "Text in the City" – http://t.co/0mG1iPFDmS #hcsm
— Ruth Ann Crystal, MD (@CatchTheBaby) November 18, 2013
physician Burnout Symptoms Different in male and female doctors. Important new data #healthcare #hcsm http://t.co/DELxJIGqfp
— The Happy MD (@TheHappyMD) November 18, 2013
HCSM is also how I find people to follow, tweets like this, listing new activities and hashtags to follow in healthcare.
Today's Healthcare Conferences: #7dayservices #HCLF2013 #jsecpal13 #PCOC13 #icurehab #CSQTC13 #white2013 http://t.co/Gm69rEoUog #hcsm
— Symplur Hashtags (@healthhashtags) November 15, 2013
First posted at the THL Blog http://wp.me/p1v84h-1xU
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