A Model for Classifying People at Risk of Diabetes Mellitus Using Social Media Analytics

摘要

Telemedicine, Electronic Health Records (EHR) and social media seem to have a promising direction for an intensive approach to deal with diabetes. With the rapid advances in ICT, various diabetes information systems have evolved. The availability of new technologies for monitoring and treating diabetes is helping to achieve recommended metabolic control. The usage of social media in healthcare is also gaining much popularity as people wish to share their ideas and ask for advice with others having the same disease. The paper therefore presents a model for classifying people who could potentially be at risk of Diabetes Mellitus using social media analytics. A prototype has been implemented based on the model.