Health Care Uses of Twitter and Other Microsharing Technologies with Phil Baumann RN & CEO of CareVocate LLC at the Cool Twitter Conference Boston

Health Care Uses of Twitter and Other Microsharing Technologies

Cool Twitter Conference Boston
Phil Baumann RN & CEO of CareVocate LLC
@philbaumann

Popular hashtags and Tweeps in health care

    #HCSM Health care social media
    #HCMKTG Health care marketing
    @CDCemergency
    @CDCflu

Twitter an excellent platform for health and health facilities

  • ER wait times
  • Disaster response
  • Drug safety alerts
  • Post-discharge patient support
  • Recruiting staff
  • Promoting healthy lifestyles

Not so scary to tweet and comply with HIPAA

Tips for Twitter, health care and beyond

  • Listen
  • Monitor
  • Search
  • Make sound judgments about who you follow
  • Twazzup: offers real-time results, look at links and try to find most popular

More from the Cool Twitter Conference Boston

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