July 2010

Social Media and the U.S. News Hospitals

by Ed Bennett on July 28, 2010

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UPDATE – Added University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to the list.

Is your hospital still waiting to try social media? Here’s something to consider:

All 14 hospitals listed on the 2010-2011 U.S. News Honor Roll are using social media.

78% of the larger Best Hospitals List are also engaged on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites.

Maybe it’s time to take a closer look.

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U.S. News Honor Roll Hospitals and their Social Media sites:

Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter Blog

Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter

Cleveland Clinic
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter

Duke University Medical Center
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter Blog

Johns Hopkins Hospital
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter Blog

Massachusetts General Hospital
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter

Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter Blog

New York-Presbyterian Univ. Hosp. of Columbia and Cornell
Web | YouTube ________ Twitter

Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
Web | _______ Facebook Twitter

University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers
Web | YouTube Facebook Twitter

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – UMPC
Web | _______ Facebook Twitter

University of Washington Medical Center
Web| _______ ________ Twitter

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New Features for the Hospital List

by Ed Bennett on July 25, 2010

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I have added four additional tables to the Hospital Social Networking List - individual lists of:

The data on each table can be sorted and filtered, making it easier to research popularity, social media reach and other metrics. As you can imagine, it took a long time to gather this information. The data for Twitter could be automatically downloaded using the using the MyTweeple service, but everything else was done manually. Expect to see updates  every quarter.

Special thanks to  Aaron Hughling for allowing me to use his YouTube Data

In addition to the new tables, the main list was also updated. We are now at:

762 Hospitals total on:

  • 348 YouTube Channels
  • 551 Facebook pages
  • 583 Twitter Accounts
  • 99 Blogs

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Hospital Twitter Stats

by Ed Bennett on July 4, 2010

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And now for a bit of fun…

This table has stats on over 500 Hospital Twitter accounts tracked in the big list.  Click on the headers to sort by Name, number of Followers, number of Tweets, etc.

Mayo Clinic
St. Jude
Aurora Health Care
Children’s National
Scripps Health
Emory Johns Creek
UNC Health Care
Children’s Hospital
U. of MD Med. Center
U-M Health System

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