Patient Empowerment through Personal Medical Recommendations

Haridimos Kondylakis, Lefteris Koumakis, Eleni Kazantzaki, Maria Chatzimina, Maria Psaraki, Kostas Marias, Manolis Tsiknakis
2015 Studies in Health Technology and Informatics  
Patients today have ample opportunities to inform themselves about their disease and possible treatments using the Internet. While this type of patient empowerment is widely regarded as having a positive influence on the treatment, there exists the problem that the quality of information that can be found on online is very diverse. This paper presents a platform which empowers patients by allowing searching in a high quality document repository. In addition, it automatically provides
more » ... and personalized recommendations according to the individual preferences and medical conditions.
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