#HIT100 List Unveiled
By John Oncea, Editor
Created to recognize those who are supporting healthcare information technology through social media, this year’s list of winners includes 37 first-time nominees
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The 3rd annual #HIT100 winners were announced, and Wen Dombrowski (@HealthcareWen), a physician executive who develops technology, business, and healthcare solutions to improve the quality of life of populations with complex medical and social needs, took home top honors. Dombrowski picked up 68 votes to finish 11 votes ahead of second-place Justin Barnes (@HITAdvisor). Brad Justus (@Brad_Justus) was third, one vote behind Barnes.
The #HIT100 voting, which started “just for fun during the 2011 4th of July weekend” by Michael Planchart (@theEHRGuy), honors “those that have contributed with articles, books, blogging, tweeting, forming social networks, and by just simply giving their best to improve healthcare one grain (or tweet) at a time,” according to Planchart’s blog.
Andrew Ellis, MD, JD (@andrewrellis) created a Twitter list of this year’s 100 finalists which includes Regina Holliday (@ReginaHolliday), founder of #TheWalkingGallery, who tweeted 28 percent of 2013 finalists are members of The Walking Gallery. Holliday finished sixth this year, tied with John Nosta (@JohnNosta).
Steve Sisko (@ShimCode) tweeted “#HIT100 Trivia: Only 1 tweep made Top 5 in #HIT100 all three years (@Ahier),” referring to Brian Ahier who finished fourth this year. Ahier was first in the inaugural vote and second last year.
Sisko also tweeted “I loaded all 2011-2013 #HIT100 data into Excel and added some metadata. Send a request to shimcode@gmail.com if you want a copy,” as well as a wealth of other trivia on his stream. One additional fact mined by Sisko, retweeted by Lauren (@laurencstill): “This is what I like to see. RT @ShimCode: #HIT100 Trivia: 37 of 2013’s #HIT100 nominations are first time nominations.”
The complete list of 100 follows. In the interest of full disclosure, Health IT Outcomes editor in chief Ken Congdon (@KenOnHIT) again appears on this list.
Place Votes Twitter Handle
1 68 @HealthcareWen
2 57 @HITAdvisor
3 56 @Brad_Justus
4 49 @ahier
5 48 @EMRAnswers
6 44 @JohnNosta
7 44 @ReginaHolliday
8 41 @LionelREICHARDT
9 38 @MandiBPro
10 34 @motorcycle_guy
11 34 @Paul_Sonnier
12 33 @nrip
13 27 @2healthguru
14 27 @gonzalezloumiet
15 25 @SmyrnaGirl
16 24 @ChristianAssad
17 24 @GaryPalgon
18 24 @OchoTex
19 23 @CDW_Healthcare
20 23 @techguy
21 22 @Farzad_ONC
22 22 @jonmertz
23 20 @ElinSilveous
24 20 @leonardkish
25 19 @bhparrish
26 19 @ColeFACHE
27 19 @Egrunden
28 19 @HITConsultant
29 19 @ShimCode
30 19 @theEHRGuy
31 18 @PracticalWisdom
32 18 @sertacdoganay
33 17 @benatgeo
34 17 @dirkstanley
35 17 @GovHITeditor
36 17 @KenOnHIT
37 17 @RossMartin
38 17 @VinceKuraitis
39 16 @janicemccallum
40 15 @Lygeia
41 14 @Cascadia
42 14 @jhalamka
43 14 @LisaCrymes
44 14 @nversel
45 14 @SusannahFox
46 13 @drnic1
47 13 @ePatientDave
48 13 @EricTopol
49 13 @FredTrotter
50 13 @GailZahtz
51 13 @gnayyar
52 12 @boltyboy
53 12 @Brian_Eastwood
54 12 @chasedave
55 12 @kathymccoy
56 12 @VentureValkyrie
57 11 @dz45tr
58 11 @MassEHealth
59 10 @CapSite
60 10 @NYeHealth
61 9 @harrygreenspun
62 9 @john_chilmark
63 9 @johnmoehrke
64 9 @kevinmd
65 8 @annelizhannan
66 8 @DonFluckinger
67 8 @Dshaywitz
68 8 @esq140
69 8 @HCITExpert
70 8 @healthythinker
71 8 @joannkareo
72 8 @lucienengelen
73 8 @MatthewBrowning
74 8 @MedEvolve
75 8 @nickdawson
76 8 @ThePatientsSide
77 8 @westr
78 8 @WittRZ
79 7 @Colin_Hung
80 7 @DodgeComm
81 7 @DrNanN
82 7 @JimTate
83 7 @NaomiFried
84 6 @alexbfair
85 6 @bootstrapped
86 6 @epilkington
87 6 @fransdw
88 6 @geoffclapp
89 6 @hjluks
90 5 @billesslinger
91 5 @colleen_young
92 5 @DrDave01
93 5 @EdBennett
94 5 @HealthBLawg
95 5 @jeffbrandt
96 5 @jeffcouch
97 5 @jess_jacobs
98 5 @ShahidNShah
99 5 @stales
100 5 @todd_park