As of today, Symplur's Healthcare Hashtag project compiled analytics on 881,965,770 Tweets,, involving 14,090 Healthcare Topics, representing 6,906 Hashtags posted by 2,683 different twitter accounts.

A healthsprocket list has been posted of the Top Ten Trending Twitter Healthcare Hashtags May 2015, which #digitalhealth trended in the top spot.

While most of the top ten hashtags were self-explanatory, the following ones required a clicking through to their subsidiary Symplur page for a description:

#safeHands (ranked 2nd) relates to: hand hygiene; healthcare associated infection; infection control; infection prevention; infectious disease; and Patient Safety. The hashtag was submitted by @ICPIC_meeting.

#IASLPeeps (ranked 4th) relates to: Dysphagia; Evidence Based Practice speech and language therapy; speech and language therapy in Ireland; speech language and communication disorders; Online community of speech and language therapy professionals and students to network and discuss issues specific to practicing in Ireland. The hashtag was submitted by @IASLPeeps.

#hcsmeu (ranked 5th) relates to: Europe; healthcare social media conversations; Health conversation throughout the week on #hcsmeu since 2009. The hashtag was Co-founded by @whydotpharma and @andrewspong.

#BHSM (ranked 8th) relates to: Better Hearing & Speech Month; hearing language; and speech. #BHSM was submitted by @maggielmcg.

#FOAMed (ranked 10th) relates to: education; FOAM - free free open access meducation; medical education; online education; and open access. #FOAMed was submitted by @sandnsurf.

The top trending healthcare hastag #digitalhealth during the past 7 days ranged from 2,433 tweets (Tuesday May 5th) to 1,303 tweets (Sunday May 10th). Two lists have been posted in healthsprocket providing Symplur trending rankings for this hashtag: Top Ten Digital Health Twitter Accounts by Mentions with @paul_sonnier ranked 1st with 1,486 mentions during the trending period, and Top Ten Digital Health Twitter Accounts by Tweets with @gerrywieder ranked 1st, sending 515 tweets during the trending period.