Identifying peer experts in online health forums

V. G. Vinod Vydiswaran; Manoj Reddy

doi:10.1186/s12911-019-0782-3

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Identifying peer experts in online health forums

V. G. Vinod Vydiswaran Manoj Reddy

Year: 2019 Journal: BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making Vol: 19 (S3)Pages: 68-68 Publisher: BioMed Central

DOI: 10.1186/s12911-019-0782-3

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Abstract

We define a new class of members of health forums called peer experts, and present preliminary, yet promising, approaches to distinguish peer experts from novice users. Identifying such peer expertise could potentially help improve the perceived reliability and trustworthiness of information in community health forums.

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Health informatics Peer review Computer science Peer-to-peer Internet privacy World Wide Web Data science Public health Medicine Nursing Political science

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