title: A Recommendation-based Mobile Web Application for Health Information Service.
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.
authors: Department of Information Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan ROC.
authors: Shu-Lin
authors: SL
authors: Wang
authors: School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria, BC, Canada.
authors: Mu-Hsing
authors: MH
authors: Kuo
authors: Department of Information Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan ROC.
authors: Yi-Shiang
authors: YS
authors: Shiu
authors: Department of Information Management, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan ROC.
authors: Hsiu-Mei
authors: HM
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D003657:Decision Making; D057220:Health Literacy; D006801:Humans; D057226:Information Seeking Behavior; D020407:Internet; D063731:Mobile Applications; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D014584:User-Computer Interface