Power to the patients: The HealthNetsocial network
作者：
Highlights：
• We defined a social network that helps patients to make more informed choices related to their health status.
• We implemented a component that supports patients to identify the most relevant medical areas for their health problems.
• We implemented a recommender system that facilitates patients to find a doctor, a health facility, or a hospital for treating their health problems.
• We performed experiments whose results show the effectiveness of the approaches.
摘要
•We defined a social network that helps patients to make more informed choices related to their health status.•We implemented a component that supports patients to identify the most relevant medical areas for their health problems.•We implemented a recommender system that facilitates patients to find a doctor, a health facility, or a hospital for treating their health problems.•We performed experiments whose results show the effectiveness of the approaches.
论文关键词：Health recommender systems,E-health,Health social network
论文评审过程：Received 26 May 2017, Revised 24 July 2017, Accepted 25 July 2017, Available online 27 July 2017, Version of Record 8 August 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.is.2017.07.005
