Top Twitterers in Health Information Technology
On the second day of Christmas my true love sent to me, two turtle doves…
On day two of our 12 Days of Christmas Posts we turn to Twitter. What would our year have looked like without Twitter? Our version of an alternate ending to It’s a Wonderful Life? Thankfully, our health information technology universe is just as it is, in part due to this list of great Twitterers. They kept us informed, engaged, and often amused throughout the year.
Former National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Farzad Mostashari, MD left us this year but still stays active on Twitter at his new handle, @Farzad_MD. And check out the lighter and personal side of Mostashari on @FarzadsBowtie. Keep up to date with the ONC on their account @ONC_HealthIT. And for CMS updates follow @CMSgov.
The list of great bloggers, reporters, health information technology pundits, and policy wonks we follow on Twitter is long and varied so it was a tough task narrowing our picks to just a few. That being said, our Twitter life in 2013 would have been a whole lot less meaningful without these fellow contributors. First, worthy of making anyone’s holiday list are our favorite yesterday’s Rockin’ Aound Health IT elves that include Tom Sullivan (@GovHITEditor), Brian Ahier (@Ahier), John Lynn (@TechGuy) and Dr. Nick van Terheyden (@DrNic1).
Rounding out this list we recommend Gregg Masters @2healthguru, Aneesh Chopra @aneeshchopra, Eric Topol @EricTopol, Justin Barnes @HITAdvisor, Steve Downs @stephenjdowns, and Steven Posnack @HealthIT_Policy. Do yourself a big favor in 2014 and follow them all.
Are you subscribed to any Twitter lists? Here are some worthy of a mention; our Health IT Thought Leaders, our HIT RECs ATCBs and HIEs, Jennifer Dennard’s HITchicks, Dr. Andrew Ellis’ Complete HIT100 2013 List, and Kareo’s Trust the Experts.
And finally, as the song goes, You are nobody til somebody follows you… (Or the current interpretation of the song!). To all our loyal followers, we would be nothing without your retweets and mentions. Here are just a few we can always count on for sure that’s what followers are for (is that a song too?) Kathy McCoy @kathymccoy, Brad Justus @Brad_Justus, Patric Kane Williams @IThealthnonprof, W. Buddy Gillespie @BUDGILL, and Mandi Bishop @MandiBPro.
Happy Holidays to all our Twitter peeps.