Mini-history lesson to follow up on tonight& #39;s #bcsm (breast cancer social media) chat: 1/
#bcsm was started by @stales and @jodyms 7/4/2011. They modeled the chats after @danamlewis #hcsm chats which ran for 10 years 2/
"all you need is a hashtag and a dream" - @stales #bcsm 3/
Since 7/4/2011, the #bcsm hashtag has been used 830K times by 75K users not only during scheduled weekly chats, but 24/7 to tag information of relevance to anyone impacted by breast cancer https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol7/iss4/3/">https://institutionalrepository.aah.org/jpcrr/vol... 4/
In 2015, we showed that chat participation resulted in increased knowledge and reduced anxiety. 30% of participants brought new info to their doc or got a 2nd opinion based on what they learned. And 72% were inspired to pursue advocacy 6/ @jmirpub https://www.jmir.org/2015/7/e188/ ">https://www.jmir.org/2015/7/e1... #bcsm
What& #39;s next? With @stales in charge, there are no limits! Thank you to all in this amazing community who have taught and inspired me #bcsm 11/11
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