Time for a little fun. These stats were gathered on August 12, 2009. Full data on all hospitals can be found on this Excel spreadsheet
Ranking is determined by the [number of Followers].
1) Mayo Clinic – @mayoclinic – [6,626]
2) Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center – @Aurora_Health – [4,659]
3) St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital – @StJude - [3,442]
4) Children’s National Medical Center – @childrenshealth – [3,030]
5) Scripps Memorial Hospital – @ScrippsHealth – [2,947]
6) Children’s Medical Center Dallas – @ChildrensTheOne – [2,816]
7) Henry Ford Hospital – @HenryFordNews -[2,689]
University of Maryland Medical Center – @ummc - [2,596]
9) UNC Health Care – @UNC_Health_Care – [2,582]
10) Seattle Children’s Hospital – @seattlechildren – [2,551]
11) University of Michigan Health System – @UMHealthSystem – [2,526]
12) Sherman Health – @ShermanHealth – [2,472]
13) University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics – @uwhealth – [2,446]
14) Cleveland Clinic CME – @cleveclinic_cme – [2,440]
15) DMC Detroit Medical Center – @DMC_heals – [2,270]
16) Ohio State University Hospital – @OSUMC – [2,164]
17) Lifebridge Health – @LBHealth – [2,064]
18) University of Tennessee Medical Center – @utmedicalcenter – [1,854]
19) Phoenix Children’s Hospital - @PhxChildrens - [1,800]
20) Mercy Health System – @mercyhealth – [1,760]
Tomorrow – The top 20 YouTube accounts.
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I was disappointed not to see Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on your list. @childhealthwi Currently has 644 followers with 116 tweets.
Click on the Excel spreadsheet link to see the Twitter stats for 250 hospitals, including follower and update stats. @childhealthwi is in the top 50%
Dayton Children’s is not far behind! We have over 1400 followers!
I did not see the Joslin Diabetes Center on the list (xls). They have more than 970 followers and publish a lot of important information about diabetes for patients and physicians.
Joslin Diabetes Center on Twitter
I have no affiliation with them whatsoever, but I think it is a very nice work to be propagated.
Igor,
Thank you for the update, I will add the Joslin Diabetes Center to the list
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