Crowdsourcing knowledge discovery and innovations in medicine

Journal of Medical Internet Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Celi, Leo Anthony ^a,b   Ippolito, Andrea ^c   Montgomery, Robert A ^b   Moses, Christopher ^d   Stone, David J ^e  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Smart Scheduling Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crowdsourcing; Hackathon; Innovation; Knowledge discovery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COOPERATION; CROWDSOURCING; HUMAN; INVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; TRENDS;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROWDSOURCING; HUMANS; INVENTIONS; KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 84914705507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14388871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2196/jmir.3761     Document Type: Review

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