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Internal Medicine Doctor to Host Twitter Chat, Offer Health Advice
Aunita Hill, M.D., will focus on hypertension and diabetes education via Twitter #bjcdocchat Thursday at 1:30 p.m.
BJC HealthCare is going one step further in an attempt at improving health education via social media. Aunita Hill, M.D., will host a live Twitter chat at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, April 12.
Hill, who practices internal medicine at Sunset Hills Adult Medicine on South Lindbergh, will focus on hypertension and diabetes education in the Twitter chat.
"She is our only tweeting doctor that I know of and we're very proud of her for taking this leap forward," Patrick Donovan, BJC social media lead coordinator, said.
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Hill's mother became disabled due to diabetes complications, and Hill said in a statement that she hopes the Twitter chat will make a difference for people who may be at risk of diabetes or who currently struggle with it.
"My ambition is to continue to help people help themselves by learning to take control of their medical conditions to the best of their ability and to help provide the best health care to them," she said.
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To follow the Twitter chat, search #bjcdocchat or follow Hill @aunitahillmd.
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