Sunday 19 April 2015

Health-Related Tweets could Help Predict Emergency Room Traffic

Twitter users who post personal health related information might be considered by some to be over-sharers, but University of Arizona study suggests that these health-related tweets may have the potential to be helpful for hospitals. Researchers have created a model that was able to predict with 75% accuracy how many emergency room visits a hospital could expect on a given day. The researchers looked specifically at the chronic condition of asthma and how asthma-related ...

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