The Top 20 Most Popular Hospitals on Twitter

by Ed Bennett on August 13, 2009

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]
8) 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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1 @childhealthwi August 14, 2009 at 9:16 pm

I was disappointed not to see Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin on your list. @childhealthwi Currently has 644 followers with 116 tweets.

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2 Ed Bennett August 14, 2009 at 10:46 pm

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%

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3 Betsy Woods August 17, 2009 at 7:43 am

Dayton Children’s is not far behind! We have over 1400 followers!

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4 Igor Braz August 19, 2009 at 9:24 am

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.

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5 Ed Bennett August 19, 2009 at 9:32 am

Igor,

Thank you for the update, I will add the Joslin Diabetes Center to the list

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