Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
Every month numerous lists ranking states by different health benchmarks are uploaded to healthsprocket, and so far, September is no exception.  Three sets of these lists have been added to healthsprocket this month ranking the top and bottom performers in percentage of uninsured residents, well-being, and obesity rates.  Below are this month's state rankings:

Marshall Riddle, Senior Analyst, MCOL
 
Wikio has released its list of the top ten health care blogs for the month of August. Wikio rankings are based on the number and weight of the incoming links from other blogs. Their algorithm gives a greater value to links from blogs placed higher up in the ranking.
 
You can view the top health care blogs of August in the healthsprocket list at http://healthsprocket.com/hs/node/859
 

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
Health Insurance Exchanges are the trending topic in healthsprocket, with five of the top ten trending lists relating to HIX topics, including the #1 spot. The rest of the top ten includes two lists regarding readmissions, two regarding emergency departments and one regarding social media.
 
You can check out what's Trending This Month anytime, using the link in the left menu from any page.

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
You can get regular tweets of new and interesting healthsprocket lists. You'll find healthsprocket on twitter at: http://twitter.com/#!/HealthSprocket

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
At the bottom of every healthsprocket list, you'll find  a place to indicate your rating of that list, as well as the average overall rating the list has received.
 
We want to encourage you to rate lists you have viewed, particularly those you find very helpful or those you find of little value. Ratings are on a scale of one to five sprockets, with five being the highest rating and one being the lowest.

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
Lists relating to hospital readmission are the hot topic in the hot month of July. Hospital readmission lists occupy the #1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9 & 10 spots in the top ten lists by views in July. Social media lists round out the other spots in the top ten.
 
You can check out what's Trending This Month anytime, using the link in the left menu from any page.

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
There are now two additional categories you can Browse for lists by: Health Plans and Social Media. There are now a total of eleven categories you can Browse for lists by.
 
In order to Browse for applicable lists by category, se;lect Browse from the top menu, and then select your desired category in the Categories section

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
We have added a new selection to the left menu on each page: Trending This Month, which displays the most viewed lists for the Month-To-Date. This selection allows you to see what lists are currently popular, as opposed to the Most Viewed Lists selection which displays cumulative popularity.
 

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
Confused about how lists get classified as Fact Based vs. Opinion Based, when some Fact Based lists indicate what seems to be the opinions of others?
 
Healthsprocket Opinion Based lists apply when the person posting the list is stating their own opinions. If the person posting a list is citing opinions stated by others, that can be referenced with a source, they are categorized as a Fact Based list- the "fact" being that it is documented the referenced person stated those opinions.
 

by Clive Riddle, MCOL President
 
A new animated video list, prepared by MCOL staff, is available: Five Potential Social Media Legal Pitfalls for Providers Posting Patient Related Information in which the dialogue is excerpted from data provided in an article by Stacey L. Gulick, JD - Social Media: A Brave New World for Doctors, Journal of the American College of Radiology