Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Looking for a #_CancerSocialMedia Chat?

[updated August 2022]

If you are a reader of this blog you know that the #gyncsm (Gynecologic Cancer Social Media) community holds a regular Tweet chat on most 2nd Wednesdays at 8pm Eastern Time. Did you know that there are other Twitter chats and communities for those impacted by cancer? As we begin the New Year, we wanted to take a moment and share with you a number of regular #_csm chats that may be helpful to you, a friend or loved one.

#bcsm breast cancer social media  Handle: @BCSMChat
No longer holds regularly scheduled chats

#lcsm  lung cancer social media  Handle: @lcsmchat
No longer holding regularly scheduled chats

#btsm brain tumor social media  Handle: @BTSMchat 
Chat: First Sunday each month at 9pm Eastern Time
The chat was inspired by the #bcsm chat and was founded in February 2012. Information on how to participate in the chat may be found at https://thelizarmy.com/2013/05/how-to-participate-in-the-btsm-tweet-chat/  Moderated by @cblotner_ @thelizarmy @adamhayden

#MMSM Multiple Myeloma Social Media Chat
Chat: Wednesdays 3-4pm Central Time
Find out more information by following #MMSM on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/MultipleMyelomaMMSMTweetChat/

#PANCChat Pancreatic Cancer Tweet Chat 
Chat: Last Tuesday of each month at 8pm Eastern Time
Founded in April 2016, the chat was developed to provide relevant, credible, and timely information to the PC community. Read more in the journal article http://ascopubs.org/doi/abs/10.1200/JCO.2018.36.4_suppl.242
Co-hosts: @PanCAN, @DrAllysonOcean and guest experts

#ayacsm Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Chat 
Chat: First Tuesday of the month at 8pm ET
Chats are attended by advocates, health care providers and survivors and offer topics of interest to adolescents and young adults.
Host: @EK_Drake

#EPIChat 
Chat: First Sunday of the month at 3pm ET [8pm GMT, 9pm CET, 12 noon PST]
Founded in 2014 and moderated by leukaemia survivor Nóirín O'Neil @ONeillHealthca1, #EpiChat is
a community for those who want to talk about the Emotional & Psychological Impact of Cancer.

Symplur lists cancer-related hashtags on their Cancer Tag Ontology page (https://www.symplur.com/healthcare-hashtags/ontology/cancer/)

Other chats that may be of interest to our followers include:

#hpm chat Hospice and Palliative Medicine Chat @hpmchat
Chat: Every Wednesday at 6pm PT/9pm ET.
Moderators @ctsinclair, @rfberry, @EOLnavigator, @GraniteDoc or @acderinger
To be notified of chats please visit - http://www.hpmchat.org/

#HCLDR Health Care Leader Chat @hcldr
Chat: every Tuesday at 8:30pm ET (GMT-5)
A community ( patients, health care providers, caregivers, IT, policy makers etc)  of people who share a passion for improving healthcare.
More information may be found at https://hcldr.wordpress.com/
Founded in 2012. Moderators  @colin_hung and @JoeBabaian

#CureConnect Chat
Chat: Monthly
Hosted by CURE Magazine

#WegoHealthChat 
Chat: Periodic
Hosted by the Social Health Network / WEGO Health to bring patient leaders together to discuss issues that are important to their various communities.
https://www.wegohealth.com/2017/04/11/10-tips-for-participating-twitter-chat/

#PatientChat Empowered Patient Chat
Chat: Bi-weekly on Fridays 1pm ET
Hosted by Patient Empowerment Network

#PatientsHavePower Chat
Chat: Periodic
Hosted by Clara Health/Breakthrough Crew

#WTFix Chat
Chat: Periodic
Hosted by HealthSparq


If you moderate a chat for those impacted by cancer, please let us know and we will add you to this list.

Happy New Year! 
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