In our healthcare stakeholder segmentation, we employ a process of machine learning models, algorithms, manual human evaluation, and quality control to categorize the top influencers of any given healthcare topic.
Our objective in providing this functionality is to offer a way to listen to specific stakeholder voices in healthcare. We believe the solution to many of our ills in our industry would be unlocked if we simply were willing to listen to each other and specifically listen to the more quiet voices in healthcare.
How Symplur Categorize Accounts
We only categorize accounts that self-identify publicly in their Twitter description — in other words, if an account doesn't self-identify as a "Doctor," we will not put it in the Doctor segment.
With hundreds of millions of Twitter accounts in our database and new millions joining every year, this will remain a continuously ongoing process.
You will see healthcare stakeholders in almost all of the dashboard widgets. This article will explain how to filter results for specific stakeholder groups at the widget level.
Default Healthcare Stakeholders
These are the platform default healthcare stakeholders available to all users.
Healthcare Stakeholder | Definition | Example |
Doctor | Those believed to be licensed, MDs, DOs, PhDs who bill directly for services. Also includes medical residents. | @hjluks, @DrMarthaGulati |
HCP | Those believed to be other healthcare professionals (i.e., nurses, dietitians, respiratory therapists, nurses, pharmacists, etc.). | @nursefriendly, @wholify |
Patient Advocate | Person who publicly self-identifies in their Twitter bio as a patient advocate for a specific disease or condition. | @ePatientDave, @_FaceSA |
Investigator | Person who has been or currently is a clinical trial principal investigator or co-investigator. | @DrChoueiri |
Researcher/Academic | Person who is working in the field of health-related research and/or academia. Note: A Ph.D. who does not treat patients falls in this category. | @Carmendemigue12, @westr |
Journalist/Media | Person whose profession is journalism or other news-related media. Doctors who are editors of journals do not get this label. | @charlesornstein |
Individual Other Health | Person working in the healthcare industry in a non-clinical role. | @JoeBabaian, @DonnaKLencki |
Politician | Person who currently is or has been an elected official. Includes all U.S. federal and states officeholders and parliamentarians in 26 countries. | @cathmckenna, |
Investor | Person who identifies as an investor related to health, pharma, biotech, etc. | @bradloncar |
Individual Non-Health | Person not known to be directly working in the healthcare industry. | @pmarca, @asymco |
Org. Provider | Inpatient facilities, medical groups, labs, imaging centers, and other outpatient facilities. | @cityofhope, @MayoClinic |
Org. Research/Academic | Accredited schools of higher learning (i.e., universities, colleges, etc.) and healthcare research institutions/centers. | @stanfordmed, @NorthwesternMed, |
Org. Government | Government accounts at local, state, and national levels. | @ONC, @NHS |
Org. Advocacy | An organization focused on a specific set of health issues or medical specialty for the purpose of support, guidance, and education. | @diabetessocmed, @American_Heart, @amermedicalassn |
Org. Pharma | All organizations in the pharmaceutical industry. | @Novartis, @pfizer |
Org. MedDevice | All organizations in the medical device industry. | @philipshealth, @medtronic, @gehealthcare, @siemenshealth |
Org. Media | All organizations whose primary purpose is publishing or broadcasting | @nytimes, @medcitynews, @bmj_latest |
Org. Other Healthcare | Organizations fulfilling roles within the healthcare industry but not providing direct clinical care. | @symplur, @dellhealth |
Org. Non-Health | All organizations not falling into an established healthcare category. | @evernote, @apple |
Spam | Accounts reported to be associated with spam. | @MedEdBot |
Unknown | Not categorized. Typically interpreted as the general public who do not self-identify with a role in healthcare. | N/A |
Categorization Notes
When an organization is part of a larger organization, we categorize as to the parent organization (ex. fellowship program part of a hospital: will be Org. Provider. News account from a medical association will be Org. Advocacy.)
Doctors - this includes residents. Medical students are categorized as "Individual Other Health."
Custom Healthcare Stakeholder Segments
You can create your own custom segments in addition to the default segments. An unlimited number of custom segments can be made, all of which are available to all team members within your organization.
In this way, the segmentation work of one user is automatically shared and available to all other team members. These custom segments are not available to other users outside your organization.
How to create a custom stakeholder segment
In the user's profile popup, click the "+ Add" button
Then click the "+ Create New Stakeholder Segment" button
Enter a name, pick a color, and click on the "Save" button.
The newly created custom segment will be assigned automatically to that user's profile, and it will be available immediately for use in the dashboard.
How to delete a custom stakeholder segment
You can delete a custom category by going to your Account Settings and clicking "Healthcare Stakeholders."
You will also see the total number of users you and your team members have categorized and for which category.