Google continues to prove its mettle in public health research
Despite early concerns, the concept of "crowdsourced health" has caught on with public-health researchers.
Google has some competition in crowdsourcing public health
BuzzFeed discusses how analysis of social media and Internet search habits has proven so useful in identifying public health outbreaks and other trends.
A Deep-dive Into Specialty Pharma
A specialty drug is a class of prescription medications used to treat complex, chronic or rare medical conditions. Although this classification was originally intended to define the treatment of rare, also termed “orphan” diseases, affecting fewer than 200,000 people in the US, more recently, specialty drugs have emerged as the cornerstone of treatment for chronic and complex diseases such as cancer, autoimmune conditions, diabetes, hepatitis C, and HIV/AIDS.
First chink in big data’s armor: Google flu predictions way too high
For anyone who is skeptical about the power of big data to save us all – and solve all of healthcare’s cost/access/quality problems – this article will make you smile. According to a new analysis published in Science, Google’s Flu Trends is not so accurate after all. Apparently drawing conclusions from the 500 million Google […]