What Twitter can tell you about our health: Some insights from the 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (#ISHIMR2015)

O'Connor, Siobhan

Abstract

Blog: The 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (http://www.ishimr2015.com/) was a real eye opener for me as I got an insight into the power of Twitter analytics and how it can be applied in public health research. A poster presentation by Professor Peter Bath (@PeterABath) from the University of Sheffield on one of his doctoral students’ work demonstrated the value of this amazingly powerful digital health tool. Wasim Ahmed (@was3210) the PhD student in question is using Twitter to understand the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa by collating all the hashtags on #Ebola.

Citation

O'Connor, S. (2015). What Twitter can tell you about our health: Some insights from the 17th International Symposium for Health Information Management Research 2015 (#ISHIMR2015). [http://ihawkes.academicblogs.co.uk/2015/07/01/what-twitter-can-tell-you-about-our-health-some-insights-from-the-17th-international-symposium-for-health-information-management-research-2015-ishimr2015/]. University of Glasgow, UK

• Digital Artefact Type: Blog Post
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 29, 2016
• Keywords: Social media, public health, digital health tools, Twitter, global health, information sharing,
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/458842