hcsm is an acronym which is recognised in over 30 countries globally for Healthcare Communications and Social Media and represents the ethical and technical use of social media platforms to share information, debate health care policy and practice issues, promote healthy behaviours, engage with the public as well as educate and interact with patients, caregivers, students, and colleagues.
hcsmSA is the South African chapter which was established in 2013 by e-Patient Scholar Vanessa Carter who also moderates the first and only geographic Twitter chat to discuss e-Health and Sustainable Development. hcsmSA offers various CPD courses as well as individual and group training and social media influencer programmes together with Symplur metric reporting for healthcare events.