Christina Thielst

Christina Thielst, LFACHE, has experienced the evolution of the healthcare system for more than 30 years as both a hospital administrator and a consultant. A high respected thought leader and visionary in the continually evolving field of health information technology, she puts into action new and emerging technologies that healthcare organizations can leverage as solutions to patient care and workplace challenges. Her entry into social media began with the launch of her blog, Christina's...See more

Christina Thielst, LFACHE, has experienced the evolution of the healthcare system for more than 30 years as both a hospital administrator and a consultant. A high respected thought leader and visionary in the continually evolving field of health information technology, she puts into action new and emerging technologies that healthcare organizations can leverage as solutions to patient care and workplace challenges. Her entry into social media began with the launch of her blog, Christina's Considerations, in 2005, and she soon began monitoring social media use by hospitals and other healthcare organizations. She recognized a knowledge gap between staff and the executives who made decisions about social media adoption in their organizations, and wrote Social Media in Healthcare: Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate, now in its second edition, as a high-level overview of social media tools for healthcare leaders. In 2013, her widely syndicated blog was added to the National Library of Medicine's collection and archive of medicine and public health blogs. In 2014, her collection of best practices and case studies was published by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society. See less