Can Google Searches Predict the Popularity and Harm of Psychoactive Agents?

Published in: Journal of medical Internet research (2016)

Our data correlate well with the results from a multicriteria decision analysis of drug harms in the United Kingdom. We showed that Google search data can be a valuable source of information to assess the popularity of and harm caused by psychoactive agents and may help in monitoring drug use trends.

Keyphrases

electronic health record
big data
emergency department
machine learning
data analysis
drug induced
adverse drug