The author of a new book looks at how internet searches are impacting medical research.
Crowdsourced Health: How What You Do On the Internet Will Improve Medicine is written by Elad Yom-Tov, an academic who works from within the world of tech. Yom-Tov previously held positions in the research outfits of IBM and Yahoo, and is now a researcher at Microsoft. His book makes the case that what we divulge in cyberspace—whether through searches or posts on social media—constitutes an invaluable trove of data that can shed light on a wide range of medical issues.
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Editor Beth earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism and master’s in health communication. She has worked in hospital, academic and publishing settings over the past 20 years. Beth joined TriMed in 2005, as editor of CMIO and Clinical Innovation + Technology. When not covering all things related to health IT, she spends time with her husband and three children.