The Totally Unofficial #HIMSS16 Hashtag Guide

Here’s this year's Unsanctioned, Probably not Approved by the Lawyers, and Certain to Offend Someone, Totally Unofficial #HIMSS16 Hashtag Guide for the 2016 HIMSS Conference in Las Vegas. These hashtags are intended to supplement the Official #HIMSS16 Hashtags.

General 

#HIMSS16Hacks

Identifies tips, ideas, practices and/or tactics enabling an attendee to get the most out of their HIMSS conference experience.

#HIMSS16Newbie

Identifies a first time HIMSS conference attendee. Must be used with utmost respect as #HIMSSNewbie’s represent the future of health information technology.

#HIMSSVegasBaby

General exclamation of excitement that can be used before, during and after the conference. Heard often at the McCarran International Airport’s baggage claim area.

#HIMSSSMA

Identifies a HIMSS Social Media Ambassador (SMA) and/or something wise and newsworthy uttered by a SMA.

#HIMSSSanity

A tag used to identify the general craziness generated by 40,000 health IT-crazed individuals converging for the HIMSS conference. Origination of this hashtag is attributed to Larry Lin – a former #HIMSSLuminary who has gone undercover or into the witness protection program. Shhh…

#HIMSSSpeedDating
The process of hitting up as many vendors, exhibits and meetings as you can during the actual conference. 

Attributed to Neil Versel aka. @nversel

Conference

#HIMSSBestSpeaker

Used to note a particularly good conference speaker or presenter. Must be used sparingly.

#HIMSSMeetup

Identifies meetup’s and conversations held before, during and after the conference.

#HIMSSInterview

Flags scheduled or impromptu interviews conference attendees want to to share with others.

#HIMSSMustSee

Identifies a booth, session, restaurant or other place that is a must-see for all attendees. See also #HIMSSMustAvoid

#HIMSSMustAvoid

Identifies a booth, session, restaurant or other place that must be avoided at all costs. See also #HIMSSMustSee

#HIMSSXXWrath

A form of negative attention that might be put upon the author of this blog if timely clarifications are not made to certain Unofficial Hashtag definitions.

Bling, Swag & Such

#HIMSSBling

Calls out vendors giving out good booth swag or prizes. See also #HIMSSSwag and #HIMSSSwagRat. Note: Identify exhibitors offering lame swag with the #HIMSSMustAvoid hashtag.

#HIMSSBlingRat

A person who visits vendor booths solely for the handouts/bling/swag. Typically identified by someone carrying multiple bulging bags and running from booth to booth. Often seen multiple times at the same vendor booths tagged with #HIMSSSwag and #HIMSSMustSee. See also #HIMSSSwagRat.

#HIMSSSwag

Used to identify a vendor handing out good stuff. See also #HIMSSBling, #HIMSSBlingRat and #HIMSSSwagRat.

#HIMSSSwagRat

A person who visits vendor booths solely for the handouts/swag/bling. Often seen running through the exhibit hall and cutting in lines. See also #HIMSSBlingRat

The People of HIMSS

#HIMSSHotties 
Describes pleasantly pretty HIMSS Conference attendees of the female variety. Not to be confused with #HIMSSBoothBabe

Attributed to @ErinEWold via this tweet

#HIMSSSwagger
A confident HIMSS attendee. Not to be confused with #HIMSSSwag

Attributed to @dz45tr  

#HIMSSBoothBabe

An attractive or nice looking female booth attendee. See also #HIMSSBoothStud. 

#HIMSSBoothStud

An attractive or nice looking male booth attendee. See also #HIMSSBoothBabe. 

#HIMSSChick

Any female conference attendee who wants to be at the conference. Not to be confused with #HealthITChicks who are a superset of #HIMSSChick’s due to their above average health IT intelligence, exceptional poise, inner beauty AND their likely association with the #HealthITChicks LinkedIn Group. See also #HIMSSBro.

#HIMSSBro

Male conference attendee who often participates in healthcare-related tweetchats. See also #HIMSSChick.

#HIMSStud

A handsome HIMSS conference attendee. Often seen with a #HIMSSChick. Or two.

#HIMSSKid

The offspring of HIMSS conference attendees. Usually the primary consumers of all #HIMSSBling or #HIMSSSwag collected at the conference. 

#HIMSSLuminary

A famous or semi-famous person in the healthcare IT sphere. 

#HIMSSCameo

Used to note the appearance of a famous or semi-famous person like keynote speakers Peyton Manning or Michael Dell. Might be used to identify a Health IT Luminary like Brian Ahier , Brad Justus or a Las Vegas entertainer like Wayne Newton

#HIMSSLackey

A HIMSS staffer who works behind the scenes with little to no recognition or praise. Likely highly intelligent, low paid and humble. See also #HIMSSPawn.

#HIMSSPawn

Identifies any HIMSS conference attendee, vendor person or support staff that does a lot of work without any attention, recognition or glory. See also #HIMSSLackey

#HIMSSBrownNoser

A session attendee who tosses out over the top compliments to session presenters, vendors, attendees or others like kids tossing peanuts to elephants at the circus.

#HIMSSStalker

A HIMSS attendee or person who stealthily hunts or relentlessly pursues a specific person, vendor or topic in the realm of health information technology. Origination of this hashtag is attributed to the complex, yet adaptive theorist Ryan Lucas @dz45tr

#HIMSSMakers

A movement that creates physical or virtual objects –most often using 3D printing technology – and somehow associated with the HIMSS Conference.

Attributed to Charles Webster aka. @wareflo

#HIMSS16TweetHog

A person who over shares and abuses the #HIMSS16 hashtag. Not to be confused with a #HIMSSSeatHog

#HIMSSSeatHog

A person who takes up more than one seat and/or reserves more than one seat at a keynote address, education session or other in demand location. Show your scorn for #HIMSSSeatHog's by taking and posting a picture of their hoginess. Be sure to include the #HIMSSPic hashtag too.

Fashion, Styles & Art

#HIMSSArt
Used to identify artsy, crafty items ranging from the sophisticated to kitschy. Be sure to visit @XeroxHealthcare's booth 8005 to see the sophisticated art of @ReginaHolliday.

Origination of this hashtag is attributed to Surfer Dude HealthIT Media Guy @2healthguru Gregg Masters.

#HIMSSFashion

Used to note the classy, stylish wardrobe, accessories and/or manner of behavior of certain select HIMSS attendees. A HIMSS attendee tagged with #HIMSSFashion demonstrates that fashion, form and function are not mutually exclusive.

Origination of this hashtag is attributed to the classy, stylish and well-behaved (as far as one can tell) Dr. Geeta Nayyar @gnayyar.

#HIMSSShoes

Used to identify cool, classy, nice, crazy and/or otherwise extraordinary footwear seen around the conference center. As in "Did you see those #HIMSSShoes @MandiBPro is wearing?”

#HIMSSPapaNeedsNewShoes

Notes a male attendee needing to get some comfortable walking shoes.

Attributed to Joe Lavelle aka. @Resultant

#HIMSS16Shopping

Used to describe a form of retail therapy. Respectfully associated with the female gender. Also used to call out a screaming bargain that must be shared with fellow HIMSS conference attendees.

Attributed to John Lynn aka. @techguy

#HIMSSChaChing

Used to express a big HIMSS conference win – on the exhibit floor, in a conference session or in one of the many casinos.

Eat, Drink & Be Wary

#HIMSSFood

Used to call out an on-site or off-site eatery. Include the optional #HIMSSMustSee or #HIMSSMustAvoid to further qualify the eating opportunity. See also #HIMSSTreat

#HIMSSJava

Identifies locations for obtaining coffee and other fuels to keep you going during the conference. See also #HIMSSDrinks

#HIMSSDrinks

Identifies locations for obtaining water and other beverages. Keep this one handy! Remember what happened in New Orleans in 2013? See also #HIMSSJava and #HIMSSTreat

#HIMSSTreat

Identifies edibles and where they're available. Be sure to include clear directions to the location. See also #HIMSSJava and #HIMSSFood.

Techie Stuff

#HIMSSelfie

Used to identify a "selfie" - which is a picture taken by an individual of themselves or a group surrounding the picture taker. Per Brian Ahier @ahier, a selfie MUST be taken by one of the individuals shown in the picture.

#HIMSSPic

Any picture of the HIMSS Conference Event. See also #HIMSSSelfie

#HIMSSGadget

Identifies cool gadgets and/or other mechanical things that should be called out to others.

HIMSS State of Mind

#HIMSSHaze

A slight obscuration of mental acuity occurring prior to and/or often during the HIMSS Conference, typically caused by well-meaning but misguided vendor PR people inundating media with last minute requests for meetings. Synonyms: #HIMSSMist, #HIMSSFog.

#HIMSSomnia

A condition created by the excitement of preparing for and attending the HIMSS conference. Usually wears off a few days after the conference. (What @MandiBPro won’t have after 18:00 Vegas time)

Attributed to Mandi Bishop Meyer aka. @MandiBPro

#HIMSSMist

Used to identify a vendor employing savvy marketing intended to mask the reality of the vendor’s under-developed and over-hyped offering.

#HIMSSPeasouper

See #HIMSSMist

#HIMSSPickupLines

A line that can be used in an attempt to meet a member of the opposite sex.

Now It's a Party!

#HIMSSParty
Identifies parties of any nature held before, during or after each day of the conference

#HIMSSScavangerHunt
A game where typically mature, reserved adults go all out in search of illusive #HIMSSSwag or #HIMSSBling.

Attributed to Colin Hung aka. @Colin_Hung

#HIMSSDanceOff

A challenge to prove the HealthIT-niess of two or more HIMSS attendees. Often used to challenge someone to prove his or her HealthIT-niess; as in "I am NOT a #HIMSSTweetHog! I challenge you to a #HIMSSDanceOff - right now @TechGuy!"

New Tools

#HIMSSBlab

A HIMSS-related event or happening shared via the popular video streaming platform Blab. See also #HIMSSPeri.

Attributed to Charles Webster aka. @wareflo

#HIMSSPeri

A HIMSS-related event or happening shared via the popular video streaming platform Periscope. See also #HIMSSBlab

Attributed to Charles Webster aka. @wareflo

Everything Else

#HIMSSNoMoICD10

Declaration that ICD-10 will no longer be a hot topic at the HIMSS conference. Thank God!

Attributed to Joe Lavelle aka. @Resultant

#HIMSSNordic

A HIMSS attendee from geographical and cultural region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic

#HIMSSDutch

A subset of the #HIMSSNordic class

#HIMSSWorkflow

Special tag reserved for the exclusive use of Dr. Charles Webster aka @wareflo. Unauthorized use of this tag on any tweet or other social media post without pre-authorization by Dr. Webster will result in denial of your claim as a HIMSS attendee.

#DownWithHIMMS

Used to express dissatisfaction with a ‘misspelled’ HIMSS hashtag. Ex. #HIMMS2016

Using #HIMSS16 Hashtags

Tags can be combined to create very powerful tweets. For instance, one might tweet: 

Did you see that #HIMSSLackey clothesline that #HIMSSBlingRat running off w/ the #HIMSSSwag? Wish I had a #HIMSSBlab of that!

Or…

I’m off for some #HIMSSShopping to get some #HIMSSShoes so I can be a #HIMSSBro who's a #HIMSSMustSee!

What Else?

To get all the official and unofficial scoop on the 2016 HIMSS Conference, be sure to follow the HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors. Personally, I'm partial to @ShimCode so be sure to follow him. You can also follow ALL of the SMA's via this Official List of 2016 HIMSS Social Media Ambassadors. 

List of First 100 Followers of @HITConfGuy Account

If your name is on this list, I'd like to thank you for being one of the first 100 followers of the @HITConfGuy account. And you can take advantage of a special Conference Monitoring Service I am providing for the 2015 HIMSS Conference in Chicago. 

If you're interested, please review this post and respond accordingly.

Note: There are actually 110 names on this list due to a little confusion on my part as to exact order in which some accounts followed. Plus some unfollowed me and some were duplicates. So I gave the benefit of the doubt. And I'm guessing some (many?) of you may not take advantage of this service.

Some Interesting Factoids on Y'All

Average Number of People Who Follow Y'all = 4567
Average Number of People You Follow = 2380
Average Number of Lists Y'all are On = 152
Average Number of Tweets Y'all Make Per Day = 7.1
Average Age of Your Twitter Account as of 3/20/15 = 1395 days or 3.9 years

So all in all, y'all represent a pretty impressive group of Twitter Luminaries in the Healthcare and Healthcare IT space! I hope I don't disappoint any of you. 

List of First 100 Followers of @HITConfGuy Account

Twitter Account	Followers	Friends	On Lists	Last Tweet as of 3/20/15	Tweets Per Day	Age of Acct in Days as of 3/20/15
2healthguru	13319	3967	833	03/20/15	25.66	2377
3MHISNews	4119	2661	134	03/18/15	8.76	1296
Alexruoff	421	457	27	03/19/15	0.57	1858
andyvassallo	39	150	0	03/18/15	0.02	2116
AvailityAPI	120	233	14	03/19/15	0.94	150
BluePrintHIT	277	343	15	03/09/15	0.28	1443
Brad_Justus	7571	8317	290	03/20/15	21.54	1898
Brian_Eastwood	4716	4248	335	03/19/15	10.66	2110
caitietnolan	183	379	10	03/19/15	0.13	2083
carimclean	1491	454	98	03/19/15	0.72	2329
caseyhealthlaw	89	310	1	03/20/15	1.57	26
CDW_Healthcare	9646	6360	287	03/20/15	2.91	2019
ChelleRovner	217	241	10	03/20/15	1.1	1598
ChilmarkHIT	833	1024	46	03/17/15	0.57	1399
ClinicSpectrum	1038	744	39	03/18/15	0.81	1053
CSlocumb	293	213	23	03/19/15	0.47	2649
CureMD	3366	2669	81	03/20/15	6.21	1744
dadimo13	200	416	11	03/16/15	0.18	2059
DavisJamie77	307	440	26	03/18/15	0.8	819
DC_Assoc	317	872	20	03/18/15	1.33	1151
DehaanStephanie	844	1920	49	03/20/15	5.79	157
dougchase	307	600	14	03/20/15	0.07	2974
DrLindaMD	19944	20625	340	03/19/15	25.93	616
ehealthcareorg	227	1640	2	03/17/15	0.08	1263
ehrandhit	32626	17346	996	03/19/15	8.46	2147
ehrpmrcm	131	771	35	03/20/15	19.04	89
EMRAnswers	10524	5330	505	03/20/15	14.95	2044
erictalbothit	10	120	0	03/19/15	0.29	25
esseeconsulting	501	1260	65	03/19/15	7.02	535
foybj	133	567	15	03/19/15	0.35	2430
GalenHealthcare	3662	2722	63	03/19/15	0.64	2193
GetReal_Health	3947	2161	116	03/19/15	5.81	1119
GLHC_HIE	464	1073	43	03/19/15	4.88	286
greenway	6471	1108	220	03/20/15	2.84	2199
GreythornNA	435	531	53	03/20/15	1.18	1734
H4Omaha	107	575	3	03/18/15	0.29	517
HCITExpert	4624	4944	142	03/18/15	13.49	955
HCSInteractant	1725	1530	63	03/19/15	0.57	2219
HealthBIJeff	96	304	6	03/14/15	0.13	737
HealthcareScene	1436	1927	40	03/18/15	2.77	949
HealthITMKTG	248	259	22	03/17/15	0.24	1207
HealthNautica	8	43	0	03/12/15	0.07	364
HIMSS	59369	974	1757	03/19/15	4.58	2481
HITMarketingPR	829	957	39	03/19/15	0.82	463
HITpol	83628	1982	745	03/20/15	16.04	2012
hootnolan	98	290	13	03/19/15	0.82	152
HX360_	2392	2616	84	03/19/15	4.83	180
icetechnologies	262	943	16	03/20/15	0.36	1783
iMethodsJames	21	88	1	03/20/15	8.6	4
ImpactAdvisors	399	745	21	03/20/15	0.33	1769
infomanager	195	372	33	03/16/15	1.29	2268
Insight_HC	65	60	6	03/18/15	0.27	716
irvinbalagosa	620	996	17	03/15/15	2.9	1957
Itentive	83	92	14	03/19/15	0.16	1959
IVDConnectivity	5	89	0	03/16/15	0.01	367
jackbergstrom	56845	23876	1291	03/19/15	1.86	2091
jamcbride	654	635	26	03/20/15	0.32	2280
janicemccallum	9547	3616	610	03/20/15	7.47	2165
jimmyweeks	2485	867	159	03/20/15	2.6	2298
jmrubin	225	458	20	01/02/15	0.1	2487
Joe_Lavelle	80	534	3	03/17/15	0.49	456
jonmertz	8440	6938	339	03/20/15	9.88	1680
JRJusticeSAI	23	342	3	03/19/15	0.16	190
JustmeJayneRN	1	29	0	02/15/15	0.01	560
KarlaKoertner	33	74	3	03/19/15	3.41	10
KentuckyREC	539	981	20	03/18/15	1.05	820
KonicaMinoltaUS	3100	1141	89	03/19/15	1.53	2073
L_Macnaughtan	69	181	22	03/20/15	5.8	39
LAlupusLady	8229	7993	343	03/20/15	28.15	2095
LeadGenMike	630	1907	70	03/20/15	23.49	142
Legacydnagroup	278	778	24	03/19/15	1.81	406
LHCQF1	2013	2005	55	03/20/15	6.31	784
LizGoodale	648	684	48	03/14/15	1.48	1309
lsaldanamd	6530	5555	420	03/19/15	38.84	2422
MandiBPro	9374	5081	658	03/18/15	31.24	963
marcinzawisza	113	543	32	03/11/15	0.19	792
MedeAnalytics	708	465	57	03/19/15	1.03	2118
MEDITECH	3158	1134	112	03/20/15	1.24	2138
MMaxwellStroud	916	1027	62	03/18/15	1.7	660
moodlemethods	18585	18534	126	03/18/15	4.23	1429
mrudnick	1452	1321	62	03/19/15	1.07	2517
msharmas	1117	2001	46	03/20/15	1.52	2103
mssoftware	182	255	18	03/19/15	0.07	2131
mtreardon	136	478	9	03/13/15	0.08	1281
MyCareNav	15	169	0	03/19/15	0.13	59
NextGen	15607	2961	497	03/19/15	4.41	2221
Nextwaveconnect	616	498	44	03/20/15	3.03	681
nicfletch	2448	2322	169	03/19/15	2.08	2343
nxtstop1	9019	8585	753	03/19/15	214.69	581
OpenQAP	15	112	0	03/18/15	0.01	376
Perficient_HC	8427	4050	377	03/20/15	13.84	1978
PetrosPapapa	170	266	9	03/19/15	0.57	741
ReasObBob	1628	1948	54	03/14/15	2.4	1088
Resultant	2976	3240	127	03/20/15	5.4	2135
RightPatient	1388	1679	78	03/18/15	6.36	1186
roseannarhit	426	1134	55	03/20/15	43.36	40
sarahbennight	443	419	38	03/18/15	1.69	1049
StaceyHolifield	512	854	32	03/19/15	0.62	2139
stacygoebel	513	595	41	03/18/15	1.94	2360
Steph_Sagacious	36	239	5	03/17/15	0.67	19
Steven_Paul	1633	366	97	03/19/15	3.36	2400
SusanCHull	1638	2001	136	03/20/15	4.43	1601
techguy	8401	6826	445	03/19/15	6.39	2872
TheNerdyNurse	16289	14713	579	03/20/15	12.96	2264
ThePatientsSide	1768	2001	108	03/18/15	5.47	1139
tom_finnerty1	51	147	2	03/14/15	0.03	1327
Turbodean	1050	1956	32	03/19/15	0.89	2235
VOXTelehealth	222	768	20	03/18/15	0.7	847
wallace_tim	442	1744	6	03/20/15	0.11	2013
wareFLO	5500	690	435	03/20/15	26.2	2256
	4567	2380	152	03/17/15	7.1	1395
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