San Diego State University Researchers Tout Twitter as a Reliable Supplemental Flu Surveillance Tool
Twitter could be an effective method for tracking seasonal flu outbreaks, according to a study conducted by San Diego State University researchers. The authors wrote that while traditional data collection methods can take up to two weeks to generate results, the social network is becoming a more reliable and accurate surveillance tool for identifying outbreaks in real-time.
- "Twitter May Help Track Flu Outbreaks" (Mottl, FierceMobileHealthcare, 11/15).