“Knowing whatpatients look for before visiting an ED can help us anticipatetheir needs and direct them to the best sources of care,”says lead author Jeremy Asch.
Spurred by the rise of sites like WebMD, people haveincreasingly turned to Google and the web to self-diagnose theirhealth woes. And as it turns out, what they're Googlingmay actually be a good predictor of whetherthey're about to make a trip to the emergency room.
A new study, conducted by researchers at PennMedicine that tracked 150 people's internet activity in 2016 and2017 found that health-related searches doubled in the week beforevisiting the ER.
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