#whatifhc, #howmuchisthat? and 5 Other Virtual Healthcare Conversations to Join
Originally published on MedCityNews.com. More social media engagement by healthcare is helping researchers track infectious disease and Originally published on MedCityNews.com. More social media engagement by healthcare is helping researchers track infectious disease and patients get better customer service from their health insurers. But it’s also making it a lot harder to keep up with.
Some of my favorite hashtags (here’s looking at you, #healthIT) now see too high of a volume of Tweets to keep up with every day. In my quest for new ways to follow interesting conversations, here are some of the good ones I found, and a sampling of something you might see with each one.
#whatifhc (healthcare dreams and wishes)
What if there was an international database of ‘Patient Sherpas’, patients willing 2 support & mentor other patients #whatifhc #ePatients
— Len Starnes (@lenstarnes) August 1, 2013
#futureofhealth
The #hospital of the #future! (as envisioned in the #1950s): http://t.co/OrTYEYveTn #health #medicine
— KPNorthernCal (@kpnorcal) August 29, 2013
#primarycare
Excellent,balanced article! Primary Care Deserts Exist W/ & W/O Nurse Practitioners from @forbes http://t.co/qVAnerhtYU #AAFP #FMRevolution
— Reid B. Blackwelder (@blackweldermd) August 27, 2013
#s4pm (Society for Participatory Medicine)
Can patient data have a second life? Brilliant #TEDMed talk by Amy Abernethy http://t.co/4npqvWQQ7d #bigdata #PtExp #S4PM #SWOGonc
— Tech urSelf (@TechurSelf) August 28, 2013
#hcux (healthcare user experience)
Top 10 #HIT #Usability myths debunked: http://t.co/PAN6F64aFK… #HCUX #MU2 pic.twitter.com/TTliWIFrjR #EHR vendors: Pay close attn to # 10!
— The Usability People (@UsabilityPeople) August 19, 2013
#howmuchisthat? (pricing and cost transparency)
MSRP on bag of saline? $1 => How to Charge $546 for Six Liters of Saltwater http://t.co/owJouzsXU9 #howmuchisthat #s4pm
— Casey Quinlan (@MightyCasey) August 27, 2013
#PtExp (patient experience)
On being a “difficult” patient/family member, and rethinking the definition. http://t.co/i8fQ3G53sH #ptsafety #PtExp #health #medicine
— Naomi Kaufman Price (@writeo) August 29, 2013
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