Twitter is a microblogging service where people answer the question “What are you doing?” via 140-character messages from their cellphone, laptop or desktop. Many companies have rapidly adopted Twitter as a way to communicate directly with their customers.
Hospitals are generally on the slower side of using the newer tools of information technology but 2 of the top 4 U.S. hospitals according to the US News & World Report are already on Twitter:
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AllergyNotes Cleveland Clinic CME Center opened a Twitter account yesterday @cleveclinic_cme 43 minutes ago from web
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AllergyNotes Mayo Clinic is already on Twitter @mayoclinic. I did not find Johns Hopkins, the top U.S. hospital overall according to US News&World Report
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AllergyNotes The Johns Hopkins University is on Twitter @JohnsHopkins but not the hospital. 38 minutes ago from web
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Related reading:
Selection of My Twitter Favorites
A Doctor’s Opinion: Why I Started Microblogging on Twitter
Original post by noreply@blogger.com (Ves Dimov, M.D.)
