The Top 10 Healthcare

Blogs

Topics:Diseases and Conditions

SymptomsDrugs and Supplements

Tests and ProceduresHealthy Living

Post Frequency: Once a week

Where to Follow them:facebook.com/MayoClinic

twitter.com/mayoclinicyoutube.com/user/mayoclinic

Link: mayoclinic.com/health/blogs/

Recent Posts: • Holiday Food Safety Tips• How will you spend your 1,440

minutes today?• New therapies sought for triple

negative breast cancer

Who are the authors:Doctors

InfluencersAdmins

#1 - Mayo Clinic

Topics:Research

Fitness & NutritionMoney & Policy

ViewsHealth Guide

Think Like a Doctor

Post Frequency: dailyWhere to Follow them:facebook.com/nytimes

twitter.com/nytimeshealth

Link: nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html

Recent Posts: • Think Like a Doctor: The Eyes Have

It• Sex as Exercise• Think the E.R. Is Expensive? Look

at How Much It Costs to Get There

Who are the authors:The New York Times along

with doctors, medical writers and editors.

#2 – New York Times Health

Topics:In the news…Public HealthInformatics

& Many more!

Post Frequency: DailyWhere to Follow them:

facebook.com/Medgadgettwitter.com/Medgadget

youtube.com/medgadget

Link: medgadget.com

Recent Posts:• GE Silent Scan Expands to More MRI

Sequences; Enables Fully Silent Neuro Scan

• Tongue Controlled Wheelchair Performs Better than Conventional Sip and Puff Systems

Who are the authors:a group of MDs and biomed

engineers.

#3 – Medgadget

Topics:#HITsm

EMRE-patient

Healthcare Standards…& Many more!

Post Frequency: a few times a week

Where to Follow them:facebook.com/hl7standardstwitter.com/healthstandards

Link: hl7standards.com

Recent Posts:• Health Information Exchange

Q&A with John Traeger, Enterprise Solutions Consultant

• Happy Dreams: Technology Can Both Ruin and Revitalize Sleep Habits

Who are the authors:Jon Mertz

Chad JohnsonRob Brull

Sonal PatelJennifer Threw, RN, MSJ

Angela DunnLeonard Kish

#4 – HL7 Standards

Topics:Healthcare News

Healthcare Reports

Post Frequency: every other week

Where to Follow them:facebook.com/BillianInc

twitter.com/billians

Link: billianshealthdata.com/Knowledge/Blog/

Recent Posts:• Better Business in 2013: “No Rest

for the Weary” Sales Professional• The Social Sale: What Twitter’s IPO

Means for Healthcare Vendors• 5 Tips from Hotels to Improve

Hospitality at Your Hospital

Who are some of the authors:Jessica Clifton

Jennifer DennardAsif AhmadDan SandersDan Smith

Dave Himes

#5 – Billian’s Health Data

Topics:Health IT ProfessionalsHealth Data Exchange

Health Care TransparencyHealth Care Providers

Post Frequency: dailyWhere to Follow them:

facebook.com/ihealthbeattwitter.com/ihealthbeat

Link: ihealthbeat.org

Recent Posts: • Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

Expands Telehealth Coverage• Data Center Outages Could Cost

Health Organizations $690K Each• AHIP Official: Cost Transparency Plan

Could Have Adverse Effects

Who are the authors:The California Healthcare Foundation professionals

#6 – iHealthBeat

Topics:E-patient stories

EthicsHealthcare’s problem list

Key peopleMedical records& many more!

Post Frequency: DailyWhere to Follow them:

facebook.com/participatorymedicine

twitter.com/s4pm

Link: e-patients.net

Recent Posts:• Matthew Katz on 23andMe:

“Return to Sender, Genome Unknown: Seven Reasons I Will Return My Personal Genome Kit”

• My Reasons for Thanksgiving: On The Ultimate Loss of Control, Unclear Diagnoses, and Being a Patient

Who are some of the authors:

Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH@yogileana

e-Patient DaveSusannah Fox

& more

#7 – e-Patients

Topics:Health ITHospitals

Medical DevicesPharma

Startups Politics

Post Frequency: dailyWhere to Follow them:

facebook.com/medcitynewstwitter.com/medcitynews

Link: medcitynews.com

Recent Posts:• Healthcare VC on the rebound?• How did RFID help University of

MD Medical Center cut medication error rate?

Who are some of the authors:Stephanie BaumDeanna Pogorelc

Hulya FarinasVeronica Combs

#8 – MedCity News

Topics:Doctors’ Blog

News Food for Thought

Medical Students’ BlogClinical Blog

Post Frequency: monthlyWhere to Follow them:

facebook.com/doc2doctwitter.com/doc2doc

Link: doc2doc.bmj.com/blogslist.html

Recent Posts: • Kenneth Williams and

the Future of Medicine• How vaccines work?

Who are the authors:healthcare professionals worldwide and doc2doc

subscribers

#9 – doc2doc

Topics:Health Reform

EHRsMedicareLiability

Practice Management IssuesPublic Health

Regional CoverageEthicsBilling

Post Frequency: weekly

Where to Follow them:facebook.com/amednews

twitter.com/amednews

Link: amednews.com/section/health

Recent Posts: • Many women don’t believe

their breast cancer risk numbers

• Fresh produce program gains momentum in weight-loss fight

Who are the authors:Eric Anderson, MDCharles Atkins, MD

David O. Barbe, MD, MHAWilliam J. Bernstein, MD

& many more: amednews.com/section/bio

#10 – amednews