Tweets Reveal the Loneliness and Mental Distress of Emergency Physicians During COVID-19
Penn LDI
June 22, 2023
April 08, 2026
Machine learning analysis of emergency physicians’ Twitter posts from 2018–2022 found marked increases in loneliness, anxiety, anger, and depression during COVID-19. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, suggested that real-time social media monitoring could serve as an early warning system for physician burnout. Featured: Sharath Guntuku, Anish Agarwal.