Trendspotting: Sick Spots
Coming down with something and want to find out what’s going around in your city? Or, better yet, receive warning early enough to have a leg up on prevention? That’s the concept behind new smartphone apps like Influ and Sickweather, which map sicknesses in near real time. Until now, this kind of software was used [...]
Apr 04, 2012 | Categories:Brainsnacks, Health and Wellness, Social Media, Technology, Trends | Tags: crowdsourcing, Facebook, flu shot, going viral, Google Flu Trends, health trendsGlobal Public Health Intelligence Network, HealthMap, InFlu, influenza trends, physicians, real time, Sickweather, smartphone, Social Media, Twitter, viral | Leave A Comment »
