| Start Date: | 1/30/2015 | Start Time: | 4:00 PM |
| End Date: | 1/30/2015 | End Time: | 5:30 PM |
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Event Description
Christopher Yang, PhD, associate professor in Drexel's College of Computing and Informatics, will discuss how the US healthcare system is undergoing a transformation from reactive care to proactive and preventive care. Patients are taking an active role in seeking health information to acquire a better understanding of their health conditions and the treatments or medications they are receiving. Patients often go online to search for authoritative information or to communicate with peers who have similar health conditions. Social media plays an important role in empowering patients to acquire healthcare knowledge. The latest sensor and mobile technologies also enable patients to track their health conditions ubiquitously. The health consumer contributed content/data is also a valuable resource to supplement the traditional pharmaceutical or clinical database in many pharmaco-vigilance and clinical research. In this talk, we will look at how the big data contributed by health consumers in social media and the increased connectivity between patients, caregivers, health professionals, and life science researchers are changing the way we conduct patient-centered research. For more info, please visit www.biomed.drexel.edu. |
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Location:
Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (PISB), Room 120, located at the corner of 33rd and Chestnut Streets. |
Audience:
Undergraduate StudentsGraduate StudentsFacultyStaff |
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