Canadian health librarians that Twitter

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Introduction

See also Social media landscape and Twitter

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Canadian health librarians that use Twitter

• Laurie Blanchard - http://twitter.com/lblanchard
• Gabe Boldt - http://twitter.com/gabeboldt
• Krista Clement - http://twitter.com/bibliacat
• Carol Cooke - http://twitter.com/cacemlis
• Dean Giustini - http://twitter.com/giustini
• Tania Gottschalk - http://twitter.com/tgottscha
• Daniel Hooker - http://twitter.com/danhooker
• Jeff Mason - http://twitter.com/jeff_mason
• Elisheba Muturi - http://twitter.com/shebamuturi
• Karen Neves - http://twitter.com/karenneves
• Angela Osterreicher - http://twitter.com/GeriNews
• Mark Rabnett - http://twitter.com/rabnett
• Doug Salzwedel - http://twitter.com/dougsalz
• Matthew Thomas - http://twitter.com/mjthomas43
• Nazi Torabi - http://twitter.com/NazTo
• Mary-Doug Wright - http://twitter.com/mdwright

Canadian health libraries that use Twitter

• University of Manitoba Neil John Maclean Health Sciences Library - http://twitter.com/healthlibrary

Community Health Centres (CHCs) that Twitter in Canada

• Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services - http://www.twitter.com/AccessAlliance
• Bridges CHC - http://www.twitter.com/BridgesCHCLori
• CSC Chigamik CHC - http://www.twitter.com/CHIGAMIK
• CSC Temiskaming - http://www.twitter.com/CSCTemiskaming
• Chatham-Kent CHCs - http://www.twitter.com/CKCHC
• Four Villages CHC - http://www.twitter.com/4VillagesCHC
• LAMP CHC - http://www.twitter.com/CHC_LAMP
• Langs Farm Village CHC - http://www.twitter.com/LangsFarm
• London InterCommunity Health Centre - http://www.twitter.com/HealthCentre
• Mid-Main CHC - http://www.twitter.com/Mid_MainCHC
• North End CHC - http://www.twitter.com/NorthEndHealth
• Parkdale CHC - http://www.twitter.com/ParkdaleCHC
• Planned Parenthood Toronto (clinic) - http://www.twitter.com/PPTClinic
• Port Hope CHC - http://www.twitter.com/PortHopeCHC
• Rexdale CHC - http://www.twitter.com/RexdaleCHC
• Saskatoon Community Clinic - http://www.twitter.com/SaskatoonCC
• South Riverdale CHC - http://www.twitter.com/SRiverdaleCHC
• Stonegate CHC - http://www.twitter.com/StonegateCHC
• Sudbury East CHC - http://www.twitter.com/Sud_EastCHC
• TAIBU CHC - http://www.twitter.com/TAIBUCHC
• Unison Health and Community Services - http://www.twitter.com/UnisonHCS
• Women's Health in Women's Hands CHC - http://www.twitter.com/WHIWHCHC
• ASSOC: Association of Ontario Health Centres - http://www.twitter.com/AOHC_ACSO
• ASSOC: Cdn Alliance of Community Health Centre Associations - http://www.twitter.com/CACHCA_RCACCS
• CHC-sponsoring group: Heartland Creditview Neighbourhood Centre - http://www.twitter.com/HCNCentre
• CHC-sponsoring group: Social Services Network of York Region - http://www.twitter.com/SSN_YR
• CHC Twitter Chat (#CHCchat) - http://www.twitter.com/CHC_Chat

Hospitals that Twitter in Canada

• see also SMiCH — sharing info on Social Media in Canadian Health Care

• Fraser Health Authority, BC - http://twitter.com/Fraserhealth
• HopitalChildren Montréal Children's - http://twitter.com/HopitalChildren
• Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation - http://twitter.com/HRRH_Foundation
• Montreal Children's Hospital Foundation - http://twitter.com/mtlchildrens
• Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto - http://twitter.com/MountSinai
• Providence Health Authority, BC - http://twitter.com/Providence_Hlth
• Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto - http://twitter.com/SunnybrookHSC
• Vancouver Island Health Authority - http://twitter.com/VanIslandHealth
• Womens Health Matters, Women's College Hospital, Toronto - http://twitter.com/womenshealthweb

AND:

Hospitals / Health Orgs that Facebook in Canada

• Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative (CIHC) - http://www.facebook.com/CanadianInterprofessionalHealthCollaborative
• Mount Sinai Hospital Foundation - http://www.facebook.com/MountSinaiHospital

Health librarians that use Facebook in Canada

Top American hospitals that Twitter

See complete lists here: Bennett E. Hospitals and social media. http://ebennett.org/hsnl/

• Mayo Clinic Rochester http://twitter.com/mayoclinic
• Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center http://twitter.com/Aurora_Health
• St. Jude Children's Research Hospital http://twitter.com/StJude
• Children's National Medical Center http://twitter.com/childrenshealth
• Scripps Memorial Hospital http://twitter.com/ScrippsHealth
• Children's Medical Center Dallas http://twitter.com/ChildrensTheOne
• Henry Ford Hospital http://twitter.com/HenryFordNews
• University of Maryland Medical Center http://twitter.com/ummc/
• UNC Health Care http://twitter.com/UNC_Health_Care
• Seattle Children's Hospital http://twitter.com/seattlechildren
• University of Michigan Health System http://twitter.com/UMHealthSystem
• Sherman Health http://twitter.com/ShermanHealth
• University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics http://twitter.com/uwhealth
• Cleveland Clinic CME http://twitter.com/cleveclinic_cme
• DMC Detroit Medical Center http://twitter.com/DMC_heals
• Ohio State University Hospital http://twitter.com/OSUMC
• Lifebridge Health http://twitter.com/LBHealth
• University of Tennessee Medical Center http://twitter.com/utmedicalcenter
• Phoenix Children’s Hospital http://twitter.com/PhxChildrens
• Mercy Health System http://twitter.com/mercyhealth
• City of Hope http://twitter.com/cityofhope
• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center http://twitter.com/MDAndersonNews
• Duke University Medical Center http://twitter.com/duke_medicine
• Medical University of South Carolina http://twitter.com/MUSChealth

References

• Bennett E. Hospitals and social media. 2009. http://www.slideshare.net/edbennett/hospitals-social-media
• Giustini D, Wright MD. Twitter: an introduction to microblogging for health librarians. JCHLA/JABSC 30, 1, Winter 2009.
• Kraft M. (Health) Libraries Leveraging Facebook and Twitter. October 2009 Midwest MLA Conference. Columbus, OH. http://www.slideshare.net/michellekraft/libraries-leveraging-facebook-and-twitter
• U.S. Hospitals that use Social Networking tools: http://ebennett.org/hsnl/
• Wikipedia. List of hospitals in Canada: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hospitals_in_Canada