Presentation at the first Philippine Youth Internet Governance Forum (Southville International School and Colleges) and Philippine Internet Society, 26 Nov 2021.
13. Merchant RA et al. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215476
Can we predict individuals’ medical diagnoses
from language posted on social media?
Can we identify speci
fi
c markers of disease
from social media posts?
SOCIAL MEDIA
+
EMR
16. All 21 medical condition categories were
predictable from Facebook language
beyond chance.
Medical Condition
Prediction Strength
Merchant RA et al. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0215476
18 categories better predicted by
demographics + Facebook language vs
demographics.
10 categories better predicted by
Facebook language vs demographics.