For EHR smarts, follow these top-ranked tweeters (including us!)

This week, a list of the top social media voices in health IT was announced -- one which, we're honored to say, included our Twitter feed (@EHRoutlook).  

The list, the HIT100 (or #HIT100 in Twitter-speak) includes some of the smartest thinkers in the EHR world. Yeah, we know, Twitter isn't for everyone -- but you might want to give it a try just to check out some of the great content produced by the physicians, academics, researchers, consultants, vendor executives and publishers who were named this year. I'll say this: if you like getting a steady flow of carefully-chosen EHR news and advice, you won't find a better source than these folks.

While you'll learn something good from anyone on the list, here's a sampling of #HIT100 tweeters that could be particularly helpful for medical practice-related EHR issues:

* Geeta Nayyar, MD, MBA (@gnayyar)

Principal Medical Officer, Vangent Inc. Physician leader in change management and Health IT related topics such as: EHRs, HIEs, telemedicine & health policy

* Shawn "Health IT" Riley (@rilescat)

HIT Blog http://www.healthtechnica.com
Director of Information Tech over hospital and clinics. Dedicated to Health Technologies advancements

* Heather Leslie (@omowizard)

MD; Director of Clinical Modelling@Ocean Informatics; Editor@openEHR Clinical Knowledge Manager; Rixatrix

* Dirk Stanley, MD (@dirkstanley)

CMIO and Hospitalist and Father and architect for speakflower.org. All my opinions are strictly my own. New England HIMSS Clinician of the Year 2010.

Obviously, there's many, many other list members you should consider, so I encourage you to go to the key sources:

* If you're the type to dive in and look over Twitter profiles yourself, head straight over to the winner's list compiled by HIT blogger and HIT100 list member @nateosit. (In a true example of the social media spirit, HIT100's publisher @theEHRguy tweeted the list of winners a few names at a time rather than listing them on a web site; he then invited everyone else to make whatever they wanted of the information.)

* Another option is to browse the #HIT100 list created by @ej_butler, which links directly to the Twitter profiles of the winners. This version of the list makes it particularly easy to follow your favorite tweeters, as you can hit the "follow" button anytime you see a profile you like.

If you've been sitting out the social media thing, maybe you can use this as an excuse to get on board. Though you might get an info-overload headache at first, most of us find ways to filter and sort the info that really hits home -- and I'm sure you will too. As an unabashed believer in the social mediaverse, I say "go for it!"

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