Public Health Hashtags and Tweet Chats

Looking for ways to connect to others interested in public health? Try Twitter! Tweet chats are a great way to interact with individuals and organizations involved in public health topics across the spectrum. Typically held on a regular basis, these chats are usually lively discussions between people approaching the subject from different perspectives. If you aren’t familiar with the topic or are hesitant to participate, simply following the hashtag makes it easy to lurk or monitor the chat. Here are some hashtags and tweet chats to get you started (descriptions from Healthcare Tweet Chats): #abcDrBchat – Chat with ABC News Chief Health/Medical Editor Dr. Richard Besser. #hchlitss – Discussing health, health communication, health care, health and social media, health care disparities and social determinants of health. Every Thursday at 8pm EST. Moderators: @drkdhoffman @rv_rikard #medlibs - The Medlibs Twitter chat occurs weekly on Thursday evenings at 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern times. Topics are selected and published at the #medlibs chat blog, http://medlibschat.blogspot.com/ Inaugural chat held June 21, 2012. Coordinated by @eagledawg #mladisparities - The Health Disparities SIG of the Medical Library Association’s monthly twitter chat about ways for medical libraries to be involved with raising awareness of healthcare disparities. Healthcare providers, librarians and others welcome. #pubHT - The purpose of this chat is to establish a platform wher...
Source: Network News - Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Tags: General (all entries) Public Health Technology Source Type: news