• DocumentCode
    1504349
  • Title

    A Virtual Opinion

  • Author

    Smith, John R.

  • Author_Institution
    IBM Research
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    2
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Social media provides new opportunities for sharing health-related data online. Although crowdsourcing medical diagnoses is not yet the trend, people are using social media to seek answers and better understand treatments and outcomes as doctors, experts, and patients converge online.
  • Keywords
    IEEE MultiMedia; crowdsourcing; healthcare; medical images; medicine; multimedia; social media;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    MultiMedia, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1070-986X
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MMUL.2012.18
  • Filename
    6190805