I have enjoyed being invited to moderate or participate in several chats lately, and it keeps me excited about the conversations that are happening in health care.
Twitter chats are a fun way to dive into the health care community and connect with like-minded professionals. Discussions happen quickly, so you can learn a lot in a short amount of time.
With the help of readers, I have crowdsourced this list of 14 health care Twitter chats. Feel free to share and comment to add more to this list.
(listed by alpha)
| Twitter Chat Name | When? (all times Eastern) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| #CMIOChat | 4th Thursdays, 7 pm ET |
#CMIOChat is a relatively new chat — its inaugural session was in September — but it has lots of potential. You can see a list of moderators at cmiochat.org, including Nick van Terheyden, Rasu Shrestha, John Mattison and others. |
| #hcbiz | Wednesdays, 12 pm ET |
The Business of Healthcare Chat is the newest chat on our list and one of the most promising. Don Lee of @ZenPRM hosts on topics of how to help practices improve business practices so that they have the bandwidth and ability to innovate clinically. |
| #HCHLITSS | Thursdays, 8 pm ET |
The Health Communication, Health Literacy and Social Science chat discusses a variety of topics including health and social media, health care disparities and social determinants. |
| #hcldr | Tuesdays, 8:30 pm ET |
The Health Care Leader chat has become well known as a vibrant online community of patients, physicians, nurses, CEOs, IT folks, caregivers, policy makers and students. |
| #hcsm | Sundays, 9 pm ET |
Short for Health Care Social Media, the #hcsm chat claims the title as the first healthcare Twitter chat dating back to 2009. Conversations focus on social media and other communications in health care. |
| #HealthCareChat | Mondays, 2 pm ET |
NextWaveConnect sponsors the #HealthCareChat, which discusses a variety of trending topics. |
| #HealthITChicks | 3rd Wednesdays, 2 pm ET |
Formerly known as #HITchicks, #HealthITChicks is a vibrant community that also has an engaged LinkedIn group. Discussions include women in health care and other fun from entrepreneurship to recipes. Men are allowed. 🙂 |
| #HERChat | Thursdays, 7 pm ET |
#HerChat also focuses on women in health care and related topics. |
| #HISTalking | Monthly, 1 pm ET |
Healthcare IT, patient engagement and patient advocacy are the focuses of this chat moderated by @JennHIStalk. |
| #HITMC | 1st Tuesdays, noon ET |
The Healthcare IT Marketing Community chats monthly on everything from marketing to conferences, communications and business development. |
| #HITsm | Fridays, noon ET |
The Health IT Social Media chat focuses on how social media and other communications relate to health information technology, meaningful use, HL7, and other related topics. |
| #KareoChat | Thursdays, noon ET |
Hosted by Kareo, this weekly chat discusses EHR, billing standards, medical practice marketing, mobile health, ICD-10, and more. |
| #PatientChat | Every other Friday, 1 pm ET |
#PatientChat discusses concerns and experiences of patients and how technology and communication can be improved. |
| #patientpref | 2nd Fridays, 2 pm ET |
Topics on the #patientpref chat include health care delivery science, shared decision making, patient preferences, informed choice, etc. |
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