Top U.S. Hospitals Are On Twitter

Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question "What are you doing?" via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. Many companies have rapidly adopted Twitter as a way to communicate directly with their customers.

Hospitals are generally on the slower side of using the newer tools of information technology but 2 of the top 4 U.S. hospitals according to the US News & World Report are already on Twitter:

AllergyNotes Cleveland Clinic CME Center opened a Twitter account yesterday @cleveclinic_cme 43 minutes ago from web

AllergyNotes Mayo Clinic is already on Twitter @mayoclinic. I did not find Johns Hopkins, the top U.S. hospital overall according to US News&World Report 40 minutes ago from web

AllergyNotes The Johns Hopkins University is on Twitter @JohnsHopkins but not the hospital. 38 minutes ago from web

Ed_Bennett Just created @HospitalGroup an account that only follows official Hospital twitter accounts. Have 35 hospitals so far. 16 minutes ago from web

From Marc Needham: List of hospitals, health systems and healthcare organizations using Twitter:

Scripps Health, San Diego, CA:
http://twitter.com/ScrippsHealth

UW Health, Madison, WI:
http://twitter.com/uwhealth

Gwinnett Medical Center, Gwinnett County, GA:
http://twitter.com/GwinnettMedical

Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT:
http://twitter.com/hartfordhosp

Children’s Medical Center, Dallas, TX:
http://twitter.com/ChildrensTheOne

Swedish Medical Center, Seattle, WA:
http://twitter.com/swedish

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN:
http://twitter.com/StJude

University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN:
http://twitter.com/uthsc

East Texas Medical Center, Tyler, TX:
http://twitter.com/ETMC

University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX:
http://twitter.com/MDAnderson_News

University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN:
http://twitter.com/publichealthmn

University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE:
http://twitter.com/unmc

Sherman Health, Elgin, IL:
http://twitter.com/ShermanHealth

Memorial Healthcare, Owosso, MI:
http://twitter.com/Memorial_Owosso

Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR:
http://twitter.com/OHSUNews

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN; Jacksonville, FL:
http://twitter.com/mayoclinic

Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC:
http://twitter.com/Carolinas

MUSChealth, Charleston, SC:
http://twitter.com/MUSChealth

OSU Medical Center, Columbus, OH:
http://twitter.com/OSUMC

American Red Cross:
http://twitter.com/RedCross

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD:
http://twitter.com/NIHforHealth

Womenshealth.gov:
http://twitter.com/womenshealth

American Public Health Association:
http://twitter.com/PublicHealth

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society:
http://twitter.com/HIMSS

American Cancer Society:
http://twitter.com/AmericanCancer

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:
http://twitter.com/llsusa

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