Limor (barHai) Epstein, Medical Informatics, Yehud, Israel Itzhak Lichtenfeld, Healthcare Risk Managment, Yehud, Israel Track: Practice Presentation Topic: Public (e-)health, population health technologies, surveillance Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Single Presentation Building: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center at Harvard Medical School Room: A-Pechet Room Date: 2012-09-15 04:00 PM – 04:45 PM Last modified: 2012-09-16

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With a large population sharing experiences regarding health issues and treatments online via social media platforms, generating novel data sets composed of massive unstructured user-generated content (UGC) of health reports. This collective intelligence synonymous is known as the ‘Wisdom of the crowd’.
This is a brief overview of data research engaging this unique statistical sample also referred to as the ‘crowd trial’ an innovative element in health monitoring (biosurveillance), enabling early detection and intervention by health professionals, regulators and pharmaceutical companies.