Every different industry and market have a trade media and the trade journalists are the conduit to the bigger prizes. When it comes to trade journalist in healthcare they have a great deal of influence with other media who will come to them for stories and find out what and who is important in the industry. The said part is that these journalists are well recognized for their work. Hence as an effort to recognize them and their exceptional work, here is a list of 5 greatest trade journalist in healthcare.
Top 5 Trade Journalists In Healthcare
1. Mark Hagland – Healthcare Informatics
In January 2010, Mark Hagland became the Editor-in-Chief of Healthcare Informatics. Before that he was a Contributing Editor, then Senior Contributing Editor, to the magazine for nearly over a decade. Mark has spent over two decades in healthcare publishing and has won numerous national and regional journalism awards in the course of his career. Mark is also an author of two books on healthcare quality and efficiency. He is a sought-after speaker and has blogs with a broad range of topics, from healthcare policy and healthcare reform to quality improvement, clinical information systems, and imaging systems topics, to vendor and industry topics.
2. Elizabeth Gardner – Health Data Management
Launched her career in 1987, Elizabeth writes about science, technology, and business and has a particular interest in health information technology and how it affects the quality and cost of healthcare. She started her career as the information technology beat reporter for Modern Healthcare and is now a contributing editor to Health Data Management. Elizabeth is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Journalism, she spent the early 2000s covering micro- and nanotechnology as a contributing writer for the magazine and website Small Times.
Neil joined MedCity News in April 2015, he writes about healthcare technology and covers how hospitals, health insurance companies and other parts of the medical industry leverage cutting-edge technologies. Versel has been covering healthcare IT since 2000, across a variety of publications. He is an expert in health information technology, mobile healthcare, healthcare quality, physician practice and hospital management and healthcare finance.
4. Eric Wicklund – mHealthIntelligence
Graduated from the University of Maine with degrees in journalism and creative writing, Eric Wicklund is the editor of mHealthIntelligence.com. After spending nearly 2 decades in the newspaper industry, he became managing editor of Healthcare IT News and Healthcare Finance News at MedTech Media. Eric launched the company’s first mHealth resource, mHealthWatch, then launched mHealth News when MedTech became HIMSS Media.
5. Bernie Monegain – Healthcare IT News
Bernie is the editor-at-large of Healthcare IT News. Bernie covers hospitals and IDNs, industry trends. Monegain joined Healthcare IT News in 2004 when it was launched. Prior to that she worked as a reporter and later as city editor of The Times Record (Brunswick, Maine), where she reported on healthcare, business, technology and other topics. Monegain was recognized for her award-winning reporting on the Maine Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, and for her coverage on the rivalry between two hospitals operating in one small Maine community.
The above list is not a comprehensive one, as there are many more such trade journalist who deserve a mention here. But for now, we limit the number to top 5. Do you have a favorite industry trade journalists of your own? Please help add to this list by leaving a comment.
Date: June 7, 2017