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NIH for Health

NIH…Turning Discovery into Health. Read our Privacy Policy: http://www.nih.gov/about/privacypolicy_parttwo.htm
229,689 followers |

ben goldacre

Nerd cheerleader, Bad Science person, stats geek, research fellow in epidemiology, procrastinator. TED here: http://bit.ly/qUcrmf And email: ben@badscience.net
194,843 followers |

Wellcome Trust

A global charitable foundation dedicated to achieving extraordinary improvements in health by supporting the brightest minds.
22,056 followers |

The King's Fund

We seek to understand how the health system in England can be improved, working with individuals and organisations to shape policy and transform services.
15,463 followers |

Ivan Oransky

Executive editor, Reuters Health; journalism adjunct, NYU; blogger, Embargo Watch and Retraction Watch; AHCJ treasurer; Zinfandel drinker.
11,478 followers |

Lee Aase

Chancellor, SMUG. Day job: Director, Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media. HS/AAU hoops tweets re: son Joe's recruitment. Opinions tweeted mine, not Mayo's.
10,467 followers |

Evidence Matters

because science reporting and decision-making should be evidence-based. RTs do not always imply endorsement.
9,755 followers |

Brian Ahier

Passionate about healthcare, technology and government 2.0
9,665 followers |

SusannahFox

Internet geologist. Health care gadfly. Community colleague. Background image by @ReginaHolliday: http://is.gd/8f4TGx
9,339 followers |

Ed Bennett

I monitor hospital social media activity, plus Web operations, marketing, CMS, SEO, SEM and other TLA's
9,200 followers |

P. F. Anderson

single mom, emerging technologies librarian, ehealth, informatics, searchengines, web2.0, MODERATE, ♫, quilts/yarn/origami, food, iaido. SL: Perplexity Peccable
8,209 followers |

Alastair McLellan

I am the editor of Health Service Journal - the UK's leading health policy, leadership and management title. Retweeting does not mean agreement.
7,818 followers |

Jen S. McCabe

Building robots in Vegas with @romotive. @ycombinator alum. Science/genetics geek.
7,721 followers |

Andrew Spong

Social business developer. Focused on health communications. http://about.me/andrewspong
7,655 followers |

Mark Graban

Lean healthcare consultant, blogger, keynote speaker, author of @LeanHospitals & @HCkaizen, also works for @KaiNexus - making improvement easier.
7,128 followers |

Phil Baumann

I used to be cute. I run @HealthIsSocial - @RNchat - @MD_chat http://HealthIsSocial.com
6,815 followers |

Andre Blackman

Public Health innovation. People before statistics. Connector. Managing Editor @ Pulse + Signal. Co-founder of @fastfwdhealth + @pulsesignaljobs (job board)
6,665 followers |

KentBottles

Information Flaneur, Physician, reader of books, airplane traveler, speaker/writer/learner. Wandering around the Internet and the world looking 4 spontaneity
6,617 followers |

Ted Eytan, MD

Patient Empowerment. Diversity. Kaiser Permanente physician in Washington, DC. Tweets are on behalf of me. Glass 3/4 full. #TheWalkingGallery jacket #147
6,173 followers |

Dana Lewis | #hcsm

#hcsm founder & moderator (Sun @ 8pm CT) | thinker, doer, speaker of health & digital things | Thoughts/tweets = own; works @Swedish | loves life+staying busy!
5,672 followers |

sarahboseley

Journalist on the Guardian, writing about health, medicine and dodgy practices
5,627 followers |

Sherry Reynolds

Patient Centered Design Evangelist | Participatory Health Care Advocate | Social Venture Entrepreneur | Yoga #s4pm #HealthIT #HCSM | founder Alliance4Health |
5,088 followers |

Nedra Weinreich

Social marketing gal working with nonprofits and gov't agencies for positive health/social change. Also program manager @EIC_online and lecturer at UCLA SPH.
4,746 followers |

bacigalupe

Researcher, President-Elect of @AFTAorg, #GlobalHealth #Psychology #eHealth #hcsm #hcsmeu #Immigration #Technologies #ICT #Family #Celiac Chile
4,667 followers |

Roy Lilley

Health writer and commentator
4,639 followers |

Markoneinfour

Mark Brown edits One in Four, England's only national mental health and wellbeing magazine written by people who experience mental health difficulties.
4,488 followers |

David Colquhoun

Pharmacologist and blogger. Likes stochastic processes, dislikes managerialism and quacks.
4,329 followers |

Rob Fraser MN RN

Nurse & Author. Digital Tool Strategist and Educator. Learn more, help others. Tweets are my own.
4,188 followers |

Janice McCallum

Specialize in business models 4 health info. Marketing strategist for healthcare data (secondary uses of EHR data, analytics, patient reported data).
4,154 followers |

Timothy Lomauro

Timothy A. Lomauro, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist and Psychology Professor, Allentown, Bethlehem, Philadelphia, and Wilkes-Barre
3,920 followers |

Aimee Roundtree

Assoc. Prof. @ UHD. Views are mine. I research, write, teach about new & social media, science & health communication. I tweet to share, learn, & collaborate.
3,788 followers |

Sally Gainsbury

Financial Times reporter. Mainly obscure stuff; public finance, data, NHS. Health Service Journal columnist. Views own + mistaken
3,750 followers |

Mark Scrimshire

Health & Social Technology Consultant,Strategist,Program Manager, http://HealthCa.mp Chief Instigator -These are my own views. More at http://ekivemark.com
3,664 followers |

Jody Ranck

Health, technology, literature, social sciences, Africa, Middle East, eclectica. Analyst @gigaom http://about.me/jodyranck http://www.linkedin.com/in/jodyranck
3,652 followers |

Melissa Sweet

I am an independent journalist/blogger using Twitter to share news about public health, health policy, equity-related issues, & SoMe & media developments.
3,527 followers |

Peter Jones

Community MH Nurse NHS, Indy Scholar, Informatics Specialist, blogger. Interests integrated care, education, learning Drupal & Ruby
3,381 followers |

Alan Maynard

Professor of Health Economics, University of York. Chair of York NHS Foundation Trust 1997-2010. Proponent of scepticaemia.
3,226 followers |

Chris Hogg

Co-founder / CEO of @100Plus. Health 2.0 advocate, data junkie, fascinated by complexity of healthcare, husband and dad
3,184 followers |

SusanCarr

Editor of Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare magazine
3,084 followers |

Health Foundation

The Health Foundation is an independent charity working to continuously improve the quality of healthcare in the UK.
2,893 followers |

Gilles Frydman

ACOR Founder, Daily witness of the power of networked patients, Content Bots are my toys
2,845 followers |

Bart Collet

Healthcare Healthstartup AAL Mobile mHealth Zorgbeheer Opensource Antwerp Belgium
2,827 followers |

Anna Dixon

Director of Policy at The King's Fund, giving my personal views on health and social care issues in England
2,791 followers |

Nigel Edwards

Health Policy, delivery & improvement in the UK & Europe. Looking for radical new ways to look at healthcare
2,771 followers |

John Appleby

Chief economist, The King's Fund. Visiting professor, Department of Economics, City University, London. Columnist, British Medical Journal
2,629 followers |

ehealthgr

Interested in Health & Medicine 2.0, ehealth, Web 2.0, healthcare education, e-learning and many more...
2,609 followers |

SarahStewart

Educator, consultant, facilitator, EdD student, project manager, midwife & researcher very interested in e-learning & Web 2.0
2,547 followers |

The Gimpy Blog

Massive progressive.
2,524 followers |

Cindy Throop

Cindy is a social science researcher, social worker, data nerd, and policy wonk. Tweets are my own, unless they're not.
2,509 followers |

Andy Cowper

Editor of Health Policy Insight
2,484 followers |

Jo Brodie

(Job 1) Science Information Officer, Diabetes UK & (Job 2) Public Engagement Co-ordinator, @CHI_MED, EECS, QMUL. Views are my own etc. etc. :)
2,411 followers |

Dave West

Senior correspondent, HSJ (@HSJnews) and Nursing Times (@NursingTimes)
2,384 followers |

Gary Oftedahl

Chief Knowledge Officer at ICSI, Interested in almost everything, working on transforming health care.
2,383 followers |

Dave Dawes

Nurse, social entrepreneur, iPad developer, hubby, dad, geek, polymath and poly mathematician. Ethically non-monogamous. Alignment: chaotic good
2,268 followers |

Noam Kostucki

I believe that everyone and every organisation can make money from doing good. I get excited by looking for better solution I can give training & coaching about
2,250 followers |

Tim Sturgill

#reconnaissance
2,164 followers |

Judith Graham

Health reporter interested in patient safety, health care quality, aging & many other topics. Proud mom of two college kids.RTs don't constitute endorsements.
2,058 followers |

Claire OT

I'm an occupational therapist. I talk about health, mental health recovery, disability, social justice, busy organising http://digihealthcon.wordpress.com/
1,874 followers |

Map of Medicine

The ideal starting point for defining and communicating services to improve quality of productivity of healthcare
1,861 followers |

Mark Hawker

Christian | Geront(echn)ology | Sociological Research | Author of @socprog | BSc @UniversityLeeds | MA @UniOfYork | MPhil/PhD @SheffieldUni.
1,780 followers |

Francisco J Grajales

Medic; e/mHealth, e-policy, and ICT strategy for health specialist; & climbing addict.
1,774 followers |

Dan Parton

Editor of Learning Disability Today and Mental Health Today (http://www.mentalhealthtoday.co.uk), social care journalist and blogger.
1,737 followers |

Mark Glencorse

Clinical Research Manager for Europe for @Rhinochill. Ex- EMS blogger and always a Paramedic at heart!!
1,709 followers |

Richard Blogger

IT writer and consultant. I write the left of centre NHSVault blog and the NHS blog for False Economy. Occasional writer for Liberal Conspiracy
1,702 followers |

Christine Michael

Freelance journalist specialising in diabetes, healthy eating, pharmacy and social care. Editor of healthcare.co.uk
1,627 followers |

ImaginaryGirlfriend

6ft medical stats nerd...I am Ben Goldacre's imaginary girlfriend. And I REALLY love libraries
1,624 followers |

Giving Voice

Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists' UK wide campaign designed to ‘give voice’ to people with speech, language and communication needs.
1,605 followers |

The Hub

MD of The Hub, award winning behaviour change consultancy. Passionate about the power of ideas to change behaviour and impact on health and social inequalities.
1,568 followers |

Francisco Lupiáñez

Researcher at IPTS. Researcher at IN3, Associate Professor UOC, Network Society, ICT, eHealth, Social Media, eGovernment. Views expressed are purely mine.
1,536 followers |

Pauline Sweetman

Healthcare IT consultancy, EHR, electronic prescribing, medicines management, decision support, pharmacist, scientist, sayer of sooth. http://gplus.to/psweetman
1,504 followers |

Evan Falchuk

Int'l Health Care Executive Who Blogs About It, Vistage member, Red Sox fan
1,492 followers |

branwen jeffreys

BBC Health Correspondent. Fairweather cyclist + occasionally keen swimmer. cooks, reads, champion sleeper
1,474 followers |

Claire Hayward

Occupational Therapist, rehabilitation, assistive technology, AAC, mummy. Embarrassingly optimistic, endlessly lucky and constantly amazed
1,363 followers |

Pat Rich

Online editor for the Canadian Medical Association. Views are my own
1,315 followers |

Jonathan Bloor

Revolutionising the way healthcare professionals and healthcare organisations communicate.
1,259 followers |

Katie Brown

A mental health & social innovator. Kickstarter of start-ups. Storyteller, biker and muse. Currently doing a bit of redefining.
1,244 followers |

Patric Kane Williams

IT privacy & security, public finance, affordable housing, healthcare & nonprofit organizations
1,219 followers |

Suzette Woodward

Director of Patient Safety, paed intensive care nurse, doctorate in patient safety, it only takes one person to make a difference, all views are my own
1,218 followers |

michaël rosseel

Informatics nurse in a hospital. In perpetual beta. Went over to the dark side to change healthcare through all things digital | healthcare tweets:@smartnursing
1,158 followers |

Willow

Health Policy; into ethics; not fond of drug or insurance companies-because I'm into ethics; Sarcastic, opinionated, blunt & cranky; agitator; disruptive.
1,117 followers |

GeorgeJulian

Things I like: people, people watching, chatting, pints and all things food! I dislike rudeness. Also find me at @acknowledgers and @memorialbench
1,075 followers |

karen machin

mental health - recovery - peer leaders - carers
1,043 followers |

Mark Newbold

Chief Executive of Heart of England FT, a large acute Trust in the West Midlands. A doctor, cyclist, and Leicester City fan posting my own opinions only
1,024 followers |

Anita Hamilton

Occupational therapy educator and action-researcher. Love the connectivity of the online world. Mum, wife, friend, AFL fan. My glass is more than half full.
1,006 followers |

Jon Brassey

http://tilt.tripdatabase.com, www.tripdatabase.com & www.tripanswers.org
991 followers |

Ali Handscomb

Connecting great people with each other, getting the most out of online relationships. Lives with 3 wonderful kids, a puppy & 2 cats.
985 followers |

Clara Bermúdez-Tamay

Researcher Andalusian School of Public Health: health services research, Internet and health, health technology assessment.
980 followers |

Mike Birtwistle

Managing Director of MHP Health Mandate. Mainly tweet about health. All views personal
980 followers |

Rob Findlay @ Gooroo

Dr Rob Findlay, founder of Gooroo Ltd: experts in NHS planning, waiting times and patient scheduling.
970 followers |

Jerry Fahrni

Dad, husband, geek, fledgling product manager, and occasionally a pharmacist living in the Central Valley of California.
953 followers |

Pamela Harnden

I am a Post grad Midwife, wife to a hardworking doctor, mother to two active girls and will have my way in this life or the next
945 followers |

Victoria Bleazard

Mental health campaigner. Live in Peckham Rye with sleepy cat and civil servant. Dinas Powys migrant. All my own views, with a few RTs added in.
933 followers |

Jenny Drew

Please don't wake me, no don't shake me. Leave me where I am; I'm only sleeping.
921 followers |

Dr Layla McCay

Senior Manager for Advocacy @GAINAlliance & Visiting Scholar @JohnsHopkinsSPH Like:global health&development, adventuring,blogging,socialite-ing.Tweets personal
878 followers |

Joanna Ptolomey

information consultant, researcher, writer....interested in helping people make decisons through information especially in the healthcare sector
817 followers |

Allison

Medstudent, class of 2013. Foodie w/ PR fascination. Freelance writer/blogger. Interested in meded, policy. Won't share medical advice or patient info.
771 followers |

Mike Baldwin

Evidencing and demonstrating dimensions of value for health, and things that interest me. Iwork@novartis and I tweet here as me
758 followers |

Ian Greener

Professor of Social Policy at Durham University, but writing here privately. Prefers fairness to efficiency, but would like both. Drop by my blog!
754 followers |

Zoe Healey

Biotech boffin specializing in healthcare communications and being generally excitable about life. Tweets personally, works at @WCGWorld
748 followers |

Lodewijk Bos

medical and care ICT, president ICMCC, @icmccupdate, EiC Health and Technology (#jhat) http://twurl.nl/3mu6yo
730 followers |

Aaron Stupple

Internal medicine resident at BIDMC, ex-teacher, into 21st century med, innovation, and pretty much everything else. Opinions my own, and humbly.
720 followers |

Peter Gill

MD/DPhil candidate @UniofOxford and @UAlberta. Interested in primary care, paediatrics, evidence-based medicine and global health. Co-founded @pedscases
662 followers |

Myrna E. Morales

a rolling stone of a rican that gathers lotsa dirt, but no moss. Librotraficante
638 followers |

HCUK_Clare

Owner/MD of Healthcare Conferences UK writes conference programmes (NHS/Social Care), manages company, busy working mum with four boys 6mths-15y
621 followers |

David Powers

Hi, I'm an osteopath practicing in NW London for the past 16 years. I specialise in back and neck pain but also the treatment of horses.
617 followers |

Ben Toth

Information Manager NISCHR CRC
613 followers |

WA Health Foundation

Making Washington the Healthiest State in the Nation.
597 followers |

Julie Carter

Mum, PhD, scientist, clinical trials, evidence based medicine & LFC fan, English in NY
597 followers |

Katie Cole

Doctor in public health, co-founder of The Lancet UK Policy Matters, tweeting on all things affecting health
583 followers |

ray kirk

assoc. prof., health sciences, uni. of canterbury
572 followers |

Andrew Fenton

CIO in a rapidly shifting NHS landscape, heavily focused on Commissioning Support. Tweet a lot on info/analytics and technology. & creating A Port Meadow Year.
572 followers |

David McDaid

mental health, public health, health promotion economics and policy and unlikely multiple marathon runner
556 followers |

David Buck

Senior Fellow in Public Health and Inequalities at the King's Fund. Giving my personal views on health and social care policy.
555 followers |

Karen Bloor

Health economist at the University of York.
542 followers |

Susan Kennedy

Ramsgate resident,ex-history teacher,Education Adviser in NHS.Vegetarian,into green issues & local arts festival & social learning.Chair-Ramsgate Arts.
539 followers |

John Worth

Online self management services, long term conditions.
532 followers |

David Wells

Biomedical Scientist working in Laboratory Medicine. My views, my tweets.
530 followers |

Brian Painting

Working with NHS in London as part of Microsoft Health Team. Independent Monitor of a local prison. Cricketer. Cheap Trick fan. These are unrelated facts
520 followers |

Siobhan Farmer

Public Health Registrar & NICE Scholar. May be found baking, running or out/about in Liverpool. Tweets are in personal capacity & may be #publichealth related.
508 followers |

Physiotherapy

Supporting Londons physiotherapists to; Work together, Share information and improve patient care, Influence commissioners, Influence central CSP policy
491 followers |

Lou Hurst

Public Health/Epi/Stats and stuff. Tweets in a personal capacity. http://ukpolicymatters.thelancet.com & www.onpublichealth.wordpress.com
490 followers |

David Foord

Passionate about patients. Clinical Governance Lead @nhsdirect Nursing. Medicine. Social media in healthcare. RTs may not be an endorsement.
488 followers |

Barbara Figge Fox

determinedly Princeton-centric (biotech, business, arts) but I follow national e-health and social media
467 followers |

Richard Hoey

I am the editor of Pulse, the leading magazine and website for GPs.
465 followers |

Chaloner Chute

My background in politics, government, public health policy and ICT help me to develop effective health and IT related conferences for Holyrood Communications.
460 followers |

Susan Burwash

OT, Asst Prof & PhD Cand at U of Alberta. Combines two passions (OT and art) doing jewelry w/ meaning workshops. Currently looking for a new OT position.
460 followers |

Nate Favini

Soon-to-be resident physician in Primary Care/Social Internal Medicine at Montefiore. Harvard Med 4th year, returned Peace Corps Volunteer. Progressive.
459 followers |

Paul Gimson

Cardiff and a pharmacist. Interested in medicines safety, and how pharmacists can improve it. Dad of 3, reader, geeky but cool, loves the outdoors.
457 followers |

Becky Malby

Director Centre for Innovation in Health Management. Passionate about public service. Leads an international network of health systems change agents.
448 followers |

John Robinson

User generated content lead @NHSChoices (www.nhs.uk), patient feedback & social media manager, dad of 3, golfer, wine lover, Liverpool FC fan. Optimist.
436 followers |

Norm Oliver

Pro-Marxist family physician who researches health inequalities.
436 followers |

David Parkin

Chief Economist at an NHS organisation, but nothing that I say here is officially endorsed or approved and is probably not even known about.
429 followers |

alastair philp

From Edinburgh. Info Consultant for NHS Scotland: improve healthcare by making measurement meaningful. views expressed mine
398 followers |

sophia christie

Trying to put MA contemporary culture to good use, often in relation to the NHS. Tweeting in entirely personal capacity.
365 followers |

Helena

Communications director; tweets personally not corporate!
357 followers |

Andrew Jackson

Technology, health, social media, learning, innovation, education, parenting and LUFC. I deliver Healthcare IT for Dell, however these opinions are mine.
355 followers |

Mona Nasser

Clinical Lecturer in EBD, SystematicReviewer,Co-convenor(CochraneAgenda&Priority settingMethods Group), IyengarYogaTeacher, Artist & loves Astrophysics&Flying
335 followers |

Mette Terp Hoybye

hybrid researcher of anthropology and e-health, all for moving beyond boundaries. social media and virtual environments in health. games. health behavior change
325 followers |

CfWI

The Centre for Workforce Intelligence is the national authority on workforce planning and development in health and social care.
298 followers |

jonsacker

Father, Head of External Affairs at Charities Aid Foundation (all tweets are my personal views), Comms consultant, Lib Dem.
236 followers |

Candy Perry

Comms & Corp Dev Director for charity Education for Health. Interested in evidence-to-practice timelag, elearning, social media & health comms. Opinions = mine!
235 followers |

Kontaxis Panagiotis

Electrical & Computer Engineer | e-learning 2.0, LMS, e-health, Health 2.0, Open Source
230 followers |

Wandering_stone

228 followers |

Sarah Ashurst

Patient Opinion - Subscriber Support Officer (and chief cake eater)
220 followers |

Mark Potter

Stakeholder Communications Manager for The Health Professions Council @hpc_news
218 followers |

Kerry Hood

I am interested in statistics, research, primary care, social inequalities, people, rugby, life, the universe, everything...
217 followers |

Danielle Worster

Interested in communicating health info & stats, project management, information appraisal, training/learning, psychology and...the Olympics!
199 followers |

Emmanuelle Belanger

PhD student McGill University, working on shared decision-making in palliative care, also into yoga and climbing.
160 followers |

Carl May

sociologist, cook, gardener
150 followers |

Catherine Vojdik

102 followers |

Navjoyt Ladher

Medicine woman, stargazer, robot fan
88 followers |

Jonathan Underhill

Northumbrian exiled in darkest Cheshire, pharmacist (a NICE guy), cricketer, lover (not a fighter) and harsh critic of owt stupid.
80 followers |

Tim Marangon

If it's tweets about medico-legal issues you're looking for ... then look no further!
69 followers |

Edward Castano

Internet Product & Sustainability Professional, MBA/MS Candidate at Stanford Graduate School of Business & School of Earth Sciences
55 followers |

Anthony Cummins

Láithreoir cláir Ceol Domhanda; léachtoir & taighdeoir cúrsaí leighis teaghlaigh. World music radio presenter; lecturer & medical researcher
52 followers |

Paul Garner

47 followers |

Ruth Bonita

42 followers |

Sarah Dixon

38 followers |

Barry Bolton

Journalist, writer and editor for print and web, currently being healthy at nhs.uk
35 followers |

Natalie Comiskey

I am a Health Business Manager at Microsoft. I look after the Enterprise Customers in the South region.
20 followers |

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