Research Reveals What People Google Before Going to the E.R.
At BHH, we know that you have a life outside of your business. For that reason, we regularly post articles that aren’t business related.
Below is one of those types of posts…
Google’s Connection to E.R. Visits
In a study conducted by Penn Medicine, researchers discovered that Google searches doubled among patients who participated in the study.
What did these patients Google?
- More than half searched for medical information related to the reason they ended up deciding to go to the E.R.
- Another 15% searched for practical information such as the location of the emergency department nearest to them.
The findings were shared in BMJ Journals.
If you’d like to read more about these findings, you should check out this article written by John Kopp of the Philly Voice.
CLICK HERE TO READ JOHN’S ARTICLE ON PHILLYVOICE.COM.
I thought that the article below might be on a related topic that you might also be interested in…
11 Things You Shouldn’t Do When Googling Health Symptoms
Whether we want to admit it or not, most of us have Googled our symptoms. For that reason, I thought you might like some advice on the best way to search your symptoms on Google.
Here’s the advice Reader’s Digest (RD.com) gave about this…
If you’re going to Google your symptoms—and everyone does—you might as well do it right. We asked experts about the most common mistakes people make. Here’s what they told us.
Don’t search using diagnostic terms
When Googling your symptoms, it’s better to search using a basic keyword like “headache,” rather than adding diagnostic terms such as “headache and brain tumor…”
