Digital Drug Safety Surveillance: Monitoring Pharmaceutical Products in Twitter
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Digital Drug Safety Surveillance: Monitoring Pharmaceutical Products in Twitter
BACKGROUND Traditional adverse event (AE) reporting systems have been slow in adapting to online AE reporting from patients, relying instead on gatekeepers, such as clinicians and drug safety groups, to verify each potential event. In the meantime, increasing numbers of patients have turned to social media to share their experiences with drugs, medical devices, and vaccines. OBJECTIVE The aim...
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug Safety
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0114-5916,1179-1942
DOI: 10.1007/s40264-014-0155-x