#HIT100: See the crowdsourced list of health IT experts on social media
The much-anticipated final #HIT100 list is now available and it brings some of the biggest names in health information technology on Twitter.
The #HIT100 lineup is the crowdsourced community – from attorneys to doctors to entrepreneurs, executives and innovators to policy makers, public health specialists and well-known personalities – who are all active on Twitter.
Michael Planchart, otherwise known as @theEHRguy and number 30 on the list below, spearheads the #HIT100 every summer and anyone can nominate anyone they choose.
“The spirit of #HIT100 is not the stack and rank but more the introduction of people to each other,” Planchart said. “The rank is just an entertaining way of doing it.”
The full #HIT100 results of Planchart’s tallying process:
1. Mandi Bishop @MandiBPro
2. Christoph Trappe @CTrappe
3. William G. Esslinger, Jr. @billesslinger
4. John Nosta @JohnNosta
5. Linda Stotsky @EMRanswers
6. Mario Hyland @interopguy
7. John Lynn @techguy
8. Colin Hung @Colin_Hung
9. Nick Adkins @nickisnpdx
10. Bill Bunting @WTBunting
11. Brad Justus @Brad_Justus
12. Nick Van Terheyden @drnic1
13. Andy DeLao @CancerGeek
14. Max Stroud @Mmaxwellstroud
15. Charles Webster @wareflo
16. JennDenard @JennDennard
17. Wen Dombrowski @healthcareWen
18. Rasu Shrestha @RasuShrestha
19. Steve Sisko @shimcode
20. Bernadette Keefe @nxtstop1
21. Mylea Charvat @MyleaCharvat
22. Regina Holliday @ReginaHolliday
23. Richard Corbridge @R1chardatron
24. Brian Ahier @ahier
25. Dan Dunlop @dandunlop
26. Matthew Fisher @Matt_R_Fisher
27. James Legan @jimmie_vanagon
28. Joe Lavelle @Resultant
29. Gregg Masters @2healthguru
30. Michael Planchart @theEHRGuy
31. Sarah Bennight @sarahbennight
32. Keith Boone @motorcycle_guy
33. Jared Johnson @jaredpiano
34. David Chou @dchou1107
35. Dave Chase @chasedave
36. Chad Johnson @OchoTex
37. Nrip Nihalani @nrip
38. Shereese Maynard @ShereesePubHlth
39. Sean Erreger @StuckonSW
40. Jon McBride @jamcbride
41. Janice McCallum @janicemccallum
42. Lynn Vos @LynnVos
43. Geeta Nayyar @gnayyar
44. Eric Topol @EricTopol
45. Elin Silveous @ElinSilveous
46. Dan Munro @DanMunro
47. Joseph Babaian @JoeBabaian
48. Jane Sarasohn-Kahn @healthythinker
49. Mark Watts @markwattscra
50. Debbie Esslinger @DebbieEsslinger
51. Shahid Shah @ShahidNShah
52. VideoDoc @VideoDocEU
53. Ryan Witt @WittRZ
54. Don Lee @dflee30
55. Ryan Lucas @dz45tr
56. Dave deBronkart @ePatientDave
57. Gia Sison @giasison
58. Marie Ennis-O'Connor @JBBC
59. Lygeia Ricciardi @Lygeia
60. John Sharp @JohnSharp
61. Karen DeSalvo @KBDeSalvo
62. David Harlow @healthblawg
63. Melissa McCool @melissaxxmccool
64. Naomi Fried @NaomiFried
65. Erin Wold @ErinEWold
66. Tamara StClaire @drstclaire
67. Liam Farrell @drlfarrell
68. DIrk Stanley @dirkstanley
69. Susannah Fox @SusannahFox
70. Iris Thiele Isip Tan @endocrine_witch
71. Janet Kennedy @GetSocialHealth
72. Shafiq Rab @CIOSHAFIQ
73. Christina Farr @chrissyfarr
74. Sherry Reynolds @Cascadia
75. Andy Slavitt @ASlavitt
76. Casey Quinlan @MightyCasey
77. James Edwards @jameyedwards
78. Jim Rawson @Jim_Rawson_MD
79. Leonard Kish @leonardkish
80. Kate Huvane Gamble @khgamble
81. Health Standards @HealthStandards
82. Tony Heffernan @BeeForBattens
83. Cari McLean @carimclean
84. Brian Eastwood @Brian_Eastwood
85. Christina Lizaso @btrfly12
86. Corinne Stroum @healthcora
87. Michael Joseph @HealthData4All
88. Galen Healthcare @GalenHealthcare
89. Stacy Goebel @stacygoebel
90. Michelle Kearns @ShinyShella
91. Matthew Loxton @mloxton
92. Rafael Grossman @ZGJR
93. Jon Mertz @jonmertz
94. Samir Qamar @Samir_Qamar
95. Sue Schade @sgschade
96. Matt Katz @subatomicdoc
97. Tom Sullivan @SullyHIT
98. Denise Silber @health20Paris
99. Colleen Young @colleen_young
100. Graham Grieve @GrahamGrieve
Planchart declined to share the exact number of votes each #HIT100 entry received. He explained that he set clear examples of his criteria, including what does and does not get taken into account. And he outlined the ranking process on his blog:
I do the tallying in a simple way. This year I simplified it even more with some simple algorithms.
1. Complex nominations, which I consider those that have multiple handles or URLs or other artifacts were excluded from the list. The exclusion list removed 257 complex nominations. Some care was taken with the top 25 to make sure close ties could be verified and validated. Duplicate nominations were also removed. This produced a “curated” list. The curated list ended up having 2417 valid nominations.
2. With a simple SQL grouping select statement the tweets were grouped by the unique nominee handle. This created a sequential list organized alphabetically with hundreds of nominees. The top 100 of the list were the once that have been in the announcements.
The nominations were being captured near real-time and the analytics were being continuously published.
Planchart revealed to Healthcare IT News last week the 1-5 rankings, followed by 6-10 and then 11-25.
Twitter: SullyHIT
Email the writer: tom.sullivan@himssmedia.com
