Health care Twitter depends on who’s Tweeting - Joanne Kenen
Lawmakers, doctors and journalists send out tweets by the millions on health care and health reform — but the three groups don’t have the same take on Twitter, according to a new analysis.Botox comes up a lot more among doctors. Pfizer and Merck pop up among a sampling of health journalists. And Medicare dominates lawmakers’ health tweets — occurring more frequently than unemployment, abortion or even Obamacare. Medicaid expansion also scored big in recent months.“Medicare is a hugely political subject. I think every congressman was using every outlet they had,” said Greg Matthews with the communications firm WCG, which analyzed about 2.5 million
What the influencers are saying
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Brian Ahier
Healthcare Twitter depends on who’s Tweeting http://t.co/3S2TqT5eg5 Excellent piece by @JoanneKenen
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Christiane Truelove
RT @rock_health: Health care Twitter depends on who’s Tweeting http://t.co/r6pp9nqBjO from @POLITICOPro
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Berci Meskó, MD, PhD
Health care Twitter depends on who’s Tweeting http://t.co/TK5tGpit0F #hcsm #hitsm
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HealthIT Policy
RT @ahier Healthcare Twitter depends on who’s Tweeting http://t.co/ag95TafSMM Excellent piece by @JoanneKenen
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KentBottles
Health care Twitter depends on who’s Tweeting - Joanne Kenen - http://t.co/0OXRQLiOAs: http://t.co/Zn3bwibWzU via @POLITICO
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David Harlow
RT @joannekenen: Lawmakers,doctors and journalists all tweet on health -- but differently http://t.co/G0GWZOYjWm #HCSM #healthreform #AVA4H
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Greg Matthews
Yes, do! :) RT @WCGWorld:Check out @Politico's article feat. @chimoose and our work on #MDigitalLife http://t.co/lB9bRyc6ht by @JoanneKenen
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Greg Matthews
Great piece on docs, legislators on Twitter from @POLITICOPro http://t.co/Ic0sgMRKsM by @JoanneKenen - also a great panelist! #AVA4H
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