We've put together a slideshow of the Top 10 Healthcare Blogs you should check out for insight on topics circulating the healthcare industry. We've included the website, topics, where you can follow them, recent posts, and who the authors are.

1. The Top 10
Healthcare Blogs

2. #1 - Mayo Clinic
Link: mayoclinic.com/health/blogs/
Post Frequency: Once a week
Topics:
Where to Follow them:
Diseases and Conditions
Symptoms
Drugs and Supplements
Tests and Procedures
Healthy Living
facebook.com/MayoClinic
twitter.com/mayoclinic
youtube.com/user/mayoclinic
Who are the authors:
Recent Posts:
Doctors
Influencers
Admins
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Holiday Food Safety Tips
How will you spend your
1,440 minutes today?
New therapies sought for
triple negative breast cancer

3. #2 – New York Times Health
Link: nytimes.com/pages/health/index.html
Post Frequency: daily
Topics:
Research
Fitness & Nutrition
Money & Policy
Views
Health Guide
Think Like a Doctor
Where to Follow them:
facebook.com/nytimes
twitter.com/nytimeshealth
Who are the
authors:
Recent Posts:
The New York Times along
with doctors, medical
writers and editors.
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Think Like a Doctor: The Eyes
Have It
Sex as Exercise
Think the E.R. Is Expensive? Look
at How Much It Costs to Get
There

4. #3 – Medgadget
Link: medgadget.com
Post Frequency: Daily
Topics:
In the news…
Public Health
Informatics
& Many more!
Where to Follow them:
Who are the authors:
Recent Posts:
a group of MDs and biomed
engineers.
facebook.com/Medgadget
twitter.com/Medgadget
youtube.com/medgadget
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GE Silent Scan Expands to More
MRI Sequences; Enables Fully
Silent Neuro Scan
Tongue Controlled Wheelchair
Performs Better than
Conventional Sip and Puff
Systems

5. #4 – HL7 Standards
Link: hl7standards.com
Post Frequency: a few times a week
Topics:
Where to Follow them:
#HITsm
EMR
E-patient
Healthcare Standards…
& Many more!
facebook.com/hl7standards
twitter.com/healthstandards
Recent Posts:
Who are the authors:
Jon Mertz
Chad Johnson
Rob Brull
Sonal Patel
Jennifer Threw, RN, MSJ
Angela Dunn
Leonard Kish
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Health Information Exchange
Q&A with John
Traeger, Enterprise Solutions
Consultant
Happy Dreams: Technology Can
Both Ruin and Revitalize Sleep
Habits

6. #5 – Billian’s Health Data
Link: billianshealthdata.com/Knowledge/Blog/
Post Frequency: every other week
Topics:
Where to Follow them:
Healthcare News
Healthcare Reports
facebook.com/BillianInc
twitter.com/billians
Who are some of the authors:
Recent Posts:
Jessica Clifton
Jennifer Dennard
Asif Ahmad
Dan Sanders
Dan Smith
Dave Himes
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Better Business in 2013: “No Rest for
the Weary” Sales Professional
The Social Sale: What Twitter’s IPO
Means for Healthcare Vendors
5 Tips from Hotels to Improve
Hospitality at Your Hospital

7. #6 – iHealthBeat
Link: ihealthbeat.org
Post Frequency: daily
Topics:
Health IT Professionals
Health Data Exchange
Health Care Transparency
Health Care Providers
Where to Follow them:
facebook.com/ihealthbeat
twitter.com/ihealthbeat
Who are the authors:
Recent Posts:
The California Healthcare
Foundation professionals
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Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Expands Telehealth Coverage
Data Center Outages Could Cost
Health Organizations $690K Each
AHIP Official: Cost Transparency
Plan Could Have Adverse Effects

8. #7 – e-Patients
Link: e-patients.net
Post Frequency: Daily
Topics:
Where to Follow them:
E-patient stories
Ethics
Healthcare’s problem list
Key people
Medical records
& many more!
facebook.com/participatorymedici
ne
twitter.com/s4pm
Who are some of the
authors:
Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH
@yogileana
e-Patient Dave
Susannah Fox
& more
Recent Posts:
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Matthew Katz on 23andMe:
“Return to Sender, Genome
Unknown: Seven Reasons I Will
Return My Personal Genome Kit”
My Reasons for Thanksgiving: On
The Ultimate Loss of
Control, Unclear Diagnoses, and
Being a Patient

9. #8 – MedCity News
Link: medcitynews.com
Post Frequency: daily
Where to Follow them:
facebook.com/medcitynews
twitter.com/medcitynews
Topics:
Health IT
Hospitals
Medical Devices
Pharma
Startups
Politics
Who are some of the authors:
Stephanie Baum
Deanna Pogorelc
Hulya Farinas
Veronica Combs
Recent Posts:
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Healthcare VC on the
rebound?
How did RFID help University
of MD Medical Center cut
medication error rate?

10. #9 – doc2doc
Link: doc2doc.bmj.com/blogslist.html
Post Frequency: monthly
Topics:
Where to Follow them:
Doctors’ Blog
News
Food for Thought
Medical Students’ Blog
Clinical Blog
facebook.com/doc2doc
twitter.com/doc2doc
Who are the
authors:
Recent Posts:
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healthcare professionals
worldwide and doc2doc
subscribers
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Kenneth Williams and
the Future of
Medicine
How vaccines work?

11. #10 – amednews
Link: amednews.com/section/health
Post Frequency: weekly
Topics:
Where to Follow them:
Health Reform
EHRs
Medicare
Liability
Practice Management Issues
Public Health
Regional Coverage
Ethics
Billing
facebook.com/amednews
twitter.com/amednews
Recent Posts:
Who are the authors:
Eric Anderson, MD
Charles Atkins, MD
David O. Barbe, MD, MHA
William J. Bernstein, MD
& many more: amednews.com/section/bio
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Many women don’t believe
their breast cancer risk
numbers
Fresh produce program gains
momentum in weight-loss
fight