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The digital phenotype

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In the coming years, patient phenotypes captured to enhance health and wellness will extend to human interactions with digital technology.

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Figure 1: Timeline of insomnia-related tweets from representative individuals.
Figure 2: Time distribution of insomnia-related tweets.

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J.S.B and J.B.H are supported by the National Human Genome Research Institute BD2K grant 1U54HG007963-01.

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  1. Sachin H. Jain is at Caremore Health System, Cerritos, California, USA,

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  2. Brian W. Powers, Jared B. Hawkins and John S. Brownstein are at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA,

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  3. Sachin H. Jain is at Boston-Virginia Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and Merck and Co., Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, USA,

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  4. John S. Brownstein and Jared B. Hawkins is at Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,

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Jain, S., Powers, B., Hawkins, J. et al. The digital phenotype. Nat Biotechnol 33, 462–463 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.3223

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