MGMA In Practice blog

Since we started our MGMA Twitter account in April, MGMA has made quite a few Twitter friends (well, more than 750!) and we've followed a bunch right back. We even posted a blog, "The medical practice administrator's guide to Twitter," to help our members understand the hows and whys of tweeting.

We've rounded up a few of the healthcare professionals and medical publications we like to follow. These people and publications are prolific tweeters who talk about a wide variety of healthcare topics:

1. American Medical News (@amednews) uses its Twitter account for updates on its publication's latest articles. Known as the nation's leading newspaper for physicians, topics include business, policy, public health and legal issues that affect medical practices.
   
   
   
2. Shelley Binkley, MD (@healthewoman) is an OB/GYN physician who blogs and tweets about women's health and advancing sustainable healthcare through social media. She also tweets frequently about Medicare, Medicaid and healthcare reform.
   
   
   
3. The Wall Street Journal Health Blog (@WSJHealthBlog) uses its Twitter account for updates on its most recent blog posts, which offer news and analysis on the business of health.
   
   
   
4. Mark Browne, MD (@consultdoc) is a physician executive and healthcare consultant whose newsy tweets about hospitals and health systems focus on quality and financial management. Browne will also be speaking at MGMA's 2009 Annual Conference this October.
   
   
   
5. Joseph Kim, MD, MPH (@DrJosephKim) is a physician, MIT engineer, technology advocate and blogger who tweets about nonclinical jobs for physicians and the latest technology releases.
   
   
   
6. Medical News Net (@MedicalNewsNet) is powered by reporters in the Elsevier Global Medical Network, which produces the EGMN daily medical news wire service. Tweets focus on a wide variety of new clinical medicine studies and findings.
   
   
   
7. Mike Cohen (@ismp1) is president of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, a nonprofit, multidisciplinary drug safety agency. He tweets about medication tips, drug name mix-ups and actions the ISMP takes to create safer medication practices.
   
   
   
8. Kevin Pho, MD (@KevinMD) is a primary care doctor and popular physician blogger who tweets his commentary on medicine, health, drugs, Medicare, healthcare reform and patient and hospital issues.
   
   
   
9. Barbara Olson, MS, RN, FISMP (@SafetyNurse) is a seasoned nurse, educator, project manager and safety analyst who tweets and retweets about patient safety issues in the news.
   
   
   
10. Kirk Mathews (@Hospitalist_Pro) is the CEO and co-founder of Inpatient Management Inc. and author of the book A Practical Guide to Hospitalist Recruitment and Retention. He tweets about hospitalist issues and news, as well as physician recruiting and his latest blog posts.