ABSTRACT
People are looking for appropriate health information which they are concerned about. The Internet is a great resource of this kind of information, but we have to be careful if we don't want to get harmful info. Health recommender systems are becoming a new wave for apt health information as systems suggest the best data according to the patients' needs.The main goals of health recommender systems are to retrieve trusted health information from the Internet, to analyse which is suitable for the user profile and select the best that can be recommended, to adapt their selection methods according to the knowledge domain and to learn from the best recommendations.A brief definition of recommender systems will be given and an explanation of how are they incorporated in the health sector. A description of the main elementary recommender methods as well as their most important problems will also be made. And, to finish, the state of the art will be described.
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Data Mining/methods , Health Information Systems , Internet , Algorithms , Cooperative Behavior , Health Records, Personal , Humans , Models, Theoretical , Social MediaABSTRACT
Objetivos: Evaluar la calidad, la accesibilidad y la presencia de herramientas 2.0 de las páginas webs de los hospitales del Sistema Sanitario Público de Andalucía. Métodos: Estudio observacional descriptivo durante el periodo 2010-2012. Las variables analizadas fueron: calidad, accesibilidad y presencia de herramientas 2.0. La calidad se evaluó mediante el cuestionario de Bermúdez-Tamayo, la accesibilidad con la herramienta Test de Accesibilidad Web y las herramientas 2.0 por observación directa. Resultados: Disponían de página web en 2010, 31 de los 45 hospitales (68,9%), incrementándose hasta 34 (75,5%) en 2012. La puntuación media + desviación estándar (DE) del cuestionario de calidad Bermúdez Tamayo fue de 11,1 + 3,8 puntos en 2010 y de 12,3 + 3,9 puntos en el año 2012, observándose una diferencia entre las medias de 0,25 (IC del 95%, 0,00 a 0,50) estadísticamente significativa (p = 0,007). En la evaluación de la accesibilidad, solo 7 páginas webs (n = 31) en 2010 y 10 (n = 34) en 2012 cumplían criterios legales de accesibilidad. El uso de herramientas 2.0 se incrementó a lo largo del estudio. En 2010 disponían de este tipo de herramientas el 19,4% (n = 6) de las páginas webs de los hospitales y en 2012 el 58,8% (n = 20). Conclusiones: La calidad evaluada con el cuestionario Bermúdez-Tamayo, en general, fue buena. Sin embargo, se observó un incumplimiento de la legislación en materia de accesibilidad, que debe ser revisada y adaptada a la normativa legal vigente. Se constató la incipiente utilización de los recursos web 2.0 como estrategias de educación y comunicación en materia de salud (AU)
Objectives: Evaluate the quality, accessibility and presence of Web 2.0 tools in the Andalusia Public Health System hospitals websites Methods: Observational, descriptive study carried out between 2010 and 2012. The variables analyzed were: quality, accessibility and innovation. The quality was evaluated using a Bermudez-Tamayo questionnaire. Accessibility was measured using the Web Accessibility Test (TAW) tool. Web 2.0 tools were identified by direct observation. Results: A total of 31 of the 45 hospitals (68.9%) had a website in the year 2010, increasing to 34 (75.5%) in 2012. The average score + standard deviation (SD) of the Bermudez-Tamayo quality questionnaire was 11.1 + 3.8 points in 2010, and 12.3 + 3.9 points in 2012, observing a statistically significant difference of 0.25 being observed between the means (P=.007), 95% CI; 0.00 to 0.50) In the accessibility evaluation only 7 websites (n = 31) in 2010, and 10 (n = 34) in 2012, fulfilled the legal criteria for accessibility. The use of Web 2.0 tools has increased throughout the study. In 2010, 19.4% (n = 6) of the hospital websites had this type of tool, in comparison to 58.8% (n = 20) in 2012. Conclusions: In general, the quality of the websites studied is good. However, current legislation regarding accessibility is not fulfilled and must be revised and adapted to the current legal rules. There is an incipient use of Web 2.0 resources as education and communication strategies with regard to health
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Humans , Access to Information/legislation & jurisprudence , Webcasts as Topic/organization & administration , Hospital Information Systems/trends , Consumer Health Information/trends , Selective Dissemination of Information , Total Quality Management/trendsABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the quality, accessibility and presence of Web 2.0 tools in the Andalusia Public Health System hospitals websites METHODS: Observational, descriptive study carried out between 2010 and 2012. The variables analyzed were: quality, accessibility and innovation. The quality was evaluated using a Bermudez-Tamayo questionnaire. Accessibility was measured using the Web Accessibility Test (TAW) tool. Web 2.0 tools were identified by direct observation. RESULTS: A total of 31 of the 45 hospitals (68.9%) had a website in the year 2010, increasing to 34 (75.5%) in 2012. The average score+standard deviation (SD) of the Bermudez-Tamayo quality questionnaire was 11.1+3.8 points in 2010, and 12.3+3.9 points in 2012, observing a statistically significant difference of 0.25 being observed between the means (P=.007), 95% CI; 0.00 to 0.50) In the accessibility evaluation only 7 websites (n=31) in 2010, and 10 (n=34) in 2012, fulfilled the legal criteria for accessibility. The use of Web 2.0 tools has increased throughout the study. In 2010, 19.4% (n=6) of the hospital websites had this type of tool, in comparison to 58.8% (n=20) in 2012. CONCLUSIONS: In general, the quality of the websites studied is good. However, current legislation regarding accessibility is not fulfilled and must be revised and adapted to the current legal rules. There is an incipient use of Web 2.0 resources as education and communication strategies with regard to health.
