Pervasive Decision Support Systems in Healthcare Using Intelligent Robots in Social Media
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In social world, the healthcare provider must become culturally competent with various and diverse populations. Now in the growing technology age, there is even more expanding diversity within the online social media and communities. With the advancement and daily uses of technology , there is a growing interest in researching what other areas technology can impact. Social media provide a strong medium to be applied by the society, patients, and health providers to interact about health problems with the possibility of potentially promoting health outcomes and this is a new dimension in healthcare. Social media is a pervasive tool, which makes collaboration between users (1). Telecommunications may provide some strategies in addressing barriers, such as access to care and cost. It is important to understand that tele-health services can be expanded to fit the requirements of the users, such as sharing various medium, online chat or store and forward messages , voice call, or the growing usage of smart-phone devices to reduce costs and travel distance by providing a link to more convenient access to services (2). 'Digital health' is a pervasive implication that lacks scientific definition and terminology. and Tele-health/Telemedicine. Social media provide the ability of the creation and sharing of user content. Social media is an umbrella term for a broad range of technologies including blogs and micro-worlds (World of Warcraft) and Social Instant Messaging apps (Telegram, Viber). By using these medium, patients can generate and share content related to health education and research, information and networking and tracking personal progress (3). The growth of telehealth parallels the development of technology from closed circuit television, personal computers and broad-band Internet to smartphones in the 21st century. Advanced hardware coupled with innovative software significantly impacts health delivery. At the social level, telehealth impact healthcare utilization and improve access to care. At the individual level, telehealth usecases such as monitoring , education and self-care training can promote health outcomes (4).
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