• DocumentCode
    25791
  • Title

    Crowdsourcing medical research

  • Author

    Riedl, John ; Riedl, E.

  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    Jan. 2013
  • Firstpage
    89
  • Lastpage
    92
  • Abstract
    Researchers can use data from social websites dedicated to patients to develop a deeper understanding of disease processes and devise more effective treatments.
  • Keywords
    cancer; data handling; medical computing; outsourcing; social networking (online); Lou Gehrig disease; cancer; disease processes; life-changing illness; medical research crowdsourcing; social Web sites; social network; Crowdsourcing; Diseases; Medical services; Mobile communication; Patient monitoring; Research and development; Social network services; Outbreaks Near Me; PeopleLikeMe; computing and medicine; crowdsourcing; mobile applications; social computing; social networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2013.15
  • Filename
    6419720