Social Media: Sharecare’s Twitter Chat Educates for Heart Health : Health in 30

Social Media: Sharecare’s Twitter Chat Educates for Heart Health

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 10:45

By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA

Social media is a powerful platform to help educate consumers and provide valuable and trustworthy information. Twitter Chat’s are a popular real-time question and answer session.

Join us today, February 22, 2012 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. EST (9 a.m. to 11 a.m. PST) for Sharecare’s Twitter chat on heart health.

Dr. Carolina Valdiviezo-Shlomp from Johns Hopkins, Dr. Samin Sharma from The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA, Health Educator

Dr. Carolina Valdiviezo-Shlomp from Johns Hopkins and Dr. Samin Sharma from The Mount Sinai Medical Center will answer your questions. As a health educator, I’m thrilled to be part of the twitter chat to help guide you with trusted information.

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Sharecare Twitter Chat

Eat-n-Tweet: Heart Smart Live Q&A
Hashtag: #fromURheart
Topic: Heart Health
Time: 12-2 PM ET
When: 2/22/12

If you would like to tweet about it, here’s a tweet:

Join me and @SharecareNow for Eat-n-Tweet: Heart Smart Live Q&A 2.22 12-2PM ET. Use/Follow #fromURheart @BarbaraFicarra

Do you wonder how many people can be reached during a Twitter chat? Find out here, “Power of Social Media: Sharecare, Twitter and You.”

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As always, thank you for your valuable time.

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Barbara Ficarra, Host, Health in 30® Radio Show

Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA, is an award-winning journalist, media broadcaster, speaker, medical blogger, consultant, media trainer, and health expert. She is creator, executive producer and host of Health in 30® Radio Show. Barbara is a registered nurse active on the front lines of health care: She is a head nurse at a level 2 trauma center and covers multiple medical and surgical units, critical care, oncology, cardiology and step-down units, the psychiatric in-patient unit and the Women’s and Children’s units, pediatric ER and Barbara has many years experience covering the main emergency room. Her clinical experience ranges from oncology to general medicine and surgery. Read more about Barbara. Barbara is a featured writer on Huffingtonpost.

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