Smart Health

Improving healthcare with information technologies

Information technologies have become increasingly important in healthcare applications. We are interested in studying how analytics can be used to uncover patterns in health-related data and allow us to have a better understanding of people's health problems, and how information technologies can facilitate and reduce the cost of the provision of healthcare services. At the same time, we also study some pressing healthcare and social problems, such as depression and social withdrawal, through the lens of IT.

Selected Publications

Chau, M., Li, T. M. H., Wong, P. W. C., Xu, J. J., Yip, P. S. F., and Chen, H. "Finding People with Emotional Distress in Online Social Media: A Design Combining Machine Learning and Rule-based Classification," MIS Quarterly (MISQ), 44(2), pp. 933-955, 2020.
Chan, M., Li, T. M. H., Law, Y. W., Wong P. W. C., Chau, M., Cheng, C., Fu, K. W., Bacon-Shone, J., Cheng, Q. E., and Yip, P. S. F. "Engagement of Vulnerable Youths Using Internet Platforms," PLoS ONE, 12(12): e0189023, 2017.
Li, T. M. H., Chau, M., Wong, P. W. C., and Yip, P. S. F. "Temporal and Computerized Psycholinguistic Analysis of the Blog of a Chinese Adolescent Suicide," Crisis, 35(3), pp. 168-175, 2014.
Li, T. M. H., Chau, M., Wong, P. W. C., Lai, E. S. Y., and Yip, P. S. F. "Evaluation of a Web-based Social Network Electronic Game in Enhancing Mental Health Literacy for Young People," Journal of Medical Internet Research, 15(5):e80, 2013.
Chau, M. and Chen, H. "Comparison of Three Vertical Search Spiders," IEEE Computer, 36(5), 56-62, 2003.
Chen, H., Fan, H., Chau, M., and Zeng, D. "Testing a Cancer Meta Spider," International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS), 59(5), 755-776, 2003.
Chen, H., Lally, A. M., Zhu, B., and Chau, M. "HelpfulMed: Intelligent Searching for Medical Information over the Internet," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), Special Issue on Web Retrieval and Mining, 54(7), 683-694, 2003.

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