Although the healthcare IT scene is rather young, hundreds of blogs and sections of news sites have sprung up to follow advances in the field over the last seven or so years.
The amount of information being released is great – there’s a wealth of material for industry enthusiasts to read and many valuable resources for experts from experts working in the field.
Below we’ve created a list of 6 bloggers you need to follow on Twitter. This group has taken the health IT blogosphere hostage, covering a wide range of health IT news, rumors, and even gossip, featuring in-depth analysis and comments from industry heavyweights.
@ahier
Brian Ahier, ahier.blogspot.com
Brian Ahier isn’t flashy. He takes facts, breaks them down carefully, and reprocesses them into original insights to help you understand the more complex topics of the health IT world.
By day, Ahier is a City Councilor in Oregon and Health IT Evangelist at Mid-Columbia Medical Center.
@ShahidNShah
Shahid N. Shah, HealthcareGuy.com, HITsphere.com
Shahid Shah’s The Healthcare IT Guy is ambitious – subjects listed include healthcare IT, EMR/EHR, PHR and document management. However, he writes concisely and intelligently, and his health IT resume backs up his insights.
Shah also runs HITsphere.com, which assesses the state of the health IT blogosphere.
@boltyboy
Matthew Holt, TheHealthcareBlog.com
Matthew Holt doesn’t write exclusively about healthcare IT, but his site covers enough of it to merit his inclusion.
TheHealthcareBlog.com generates insightful content on a wide array of healthcare topics by a prestigious group of authors. Today, Berkeley’s Robert Reich covers the Ryan plan’s effect on healthcare.
@CandidCIO
Will Weider, CandidCIO.com
Will Weider, CIO of Ministry Healthcare and Affinity Health System, is as candid as his blog’s name implies, delivering complex health IT information from a first-person perspective with a conversational tone.
His frustration with certain topics — healthcare IT consultants in a recent post, for instance — humanizes the blog and makes readers warm to an otherwise rather mechanical field.
@mobilehealth
Brian Dolan, MobiHealthNews.com
As co-founder and editor of MobiHealthNews.com, former FierceWireless editor Brian Dolan investigate the adoption of mobile technology in healthcare.
Thanks to Dolan, MobiHealthNews has become one of the most important sites to chronicle the convergence of these two industries, featuring exclusive interviews, event coverage, breaking news, and smart industry commentary.
@HISTalk
Anonymous, HISTalk.com
The anonymous health IT administrator and blogger behind HISTalk loves stirring up trouble. His writing is influential, and things bubble up when insider industry types come through.
On many occasions, the blog elicits juicy gossip from its subscribers, including upcoming layoffs or predictions about health IT’s company’s financial decision-making from commenters who are privy to this kind of behind-closed-doors info.
What are some of your favorite health IT bloggers on Twitter? Comment below if you have any suggestions!
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