A Recommendation-based Mobile Web Application for Health Information Service

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2015:208:337-41.

Abstract

Information overload and irrelevant information are major obstacles for drawing conclusions on the personal health status and taking adequate medical actions. The objective of this study is to design a recommendation-based mobile web application to assist patient efficiently search online health information at anytime, anywhere and via any devices. In the system, we use a collaborative filtering approach to recommend health information to users.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Decision Making
  • Health Literacy
  • Humans
  • Information Seeking Behavior
  • Internet*
  • Mobile Applications*
  • Patient Education as Topic*
  • Program Development
  • User-Computer Interface