title: Proactive Support of Internet Browsing when Searching for Relevant Health Information.
abstract: Many people use the Internet as one of the primary sources of health information. This is due to the high volume and easy access of freely available information regarding diseases, diagnoses and treatments. However, users may find it difficult to retrieve information which is easily understandable and does not require a deep medical background. In this paper, we present a new kind of Web browser add-on, in order to proactively support users when searching for relevant health information. Our add-on not only visualizes the understandability of displayed medical text but also provides further recommendations of Web pages which hold similar content but are potentially easier to comprehend.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Information and Media, Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany.
authors.forename: Clas
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rurik
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zowalla
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Medical Informatics, Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wiesner
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Information and Media, Heilbronn University, Heilbronn, Germany.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pfeifer
mesh_terms: D054626:Consumer Health Information / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D000069550:Machine Learning; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D064878:Web Browser