With the rapid development of the Internet, more and more users utilize health communities
(known as forums) to find health-related information, share their medical stories and …

Intelligently extracting knowledge from social media has recently attracted great interest from
the Biomedical and Health Informatics community to simultaneously improve healthcare …

With the exponential increase in mobile-enabled social networks, the social media services
are increasingly being used by mobile health communities to share their personal health …

Background Health care social media used for health information exchange and emotional
communication involves different types of users, including patients, caregivers, and health …

Abstract Objective Online health communities (OHCs) have become a major source of
support for people with health problems. This research tries to improve our understanding of …

Patients can use social media to describe their healthcare experiences. Several social
media platforms, such as the Care Opinion platform, host large volumes of patient stories …

The development of online social platforms has promoted the improvement of online health
communities (OHCs). However, OHCs often ignore differences in user discussions caused …

Opinion mining consists in extracting from a text opinions expressed by its author and their
polarity. Lexical resources, such as polarized lexicons, are needed for this task. Opinion …

The exponential increase in the health-related online reviews has played a pivotal role in
the development of sentiment analysis systems for extracting and analyzing user-generated …

Positive patient experience is crucial for retaining patient loyalty and in understanding and
acting upon limitations of the treatment or service provided. Online platforms, such as …