Creating Locally Relevant Health Information

Creating Locally Relevant Health Information

Deep Learning Relevance: Creating Relevant Information (as Opposed to Retrieving it)

What if Information Retrieval (IR) systems did not just retrieve relevant information that is stored in their indices, but could also “understand” it and synthesise it into a single document? We present a preliminary study that makes a first step towards answering this question. Given a query, we train a Recurrent Neural Network (RNN) on existing relevant information to that query. We then use ...

Health Information Integration: Using Gap Analysis to Develop Relevant Solutions

3 The first few stages of interoperability have laid important groundwork and provide benefits to health organizations worldwide. However, the next level of interoperability desired by many of these organizations requires closer alignment with patient and provider needs.

Preventive Health Care Information Delivery Systems: Is Social Media Relevant?

Preventive Health Care (PHC) is the awareness and efforts a person undertakes to enhance and preserve physical, mental, and emotional health for today and the future. This research examines the importance of online delivery systems as sources of PHC information. It examines how health care consumers respond to various online PHC delivery systems, with a special emphasis on social media (SM). Sp...

How state rural health directors obtain policy-relevant research information.

Several types of activities are mandated by grants that help support the state offices. First, state offices collect and disseminate information. State offices provide data and information to consumers, providers, policy makers, and other stakeholders. Information is disseminated to individual clients, as well as via newsletters. Topics are varied; examples include extent of underserved populat...