PERSONALIZED HEALTHCARE RECOMMENDATION SYSTEM

Abstract

Healthcare is an essential service that impacts the lives of people worldwide. It is critical to provide the right treatment to patients as fast as possible, and the success of such treatment depends on the accuracy of the medication prescribed This research developed a pharmaceutical information management system. As Internet applications and services continue to rapidly expand, people from anywhere can access a plethora of professional knowledge across various domains to aid them in making decisions. As online healthcare information continues to advance, patients often find it challenging and time-consuming to sift through all available medicines to find the ones that match their condition. To mitigate this issue, recommender systems have emerged as a viable solution because of their capability to lessen the burden of information overload. The aim of this project work is to design and develop a Personalized Healthcare Recommendation System. The proposed system has been made as simple as possible. After the user signs up, on the user dashboard, a text box is provided by the user to enter the symptoms they are having. The system then uses the symptoms entered to search 15 healthcare websites for the recommended healthcare advice. The search URLs of 15 healthcare websites have been sourced and encoded into the system. The symptom is appended to each search query to form a complete link to query the healthcare website for medical advice. The links are displayed on a webpage for the user. The user can click on each link which opens a new browser tab and redirects to the respective healthcare website which displays the healthcare recommendation to the user. The software development methodology employed in this project work is the Rapid application development (RAD). The application is designed using mainly the Java technology, it is designed as a web application so it can run on browsers, as a result, the user interfaces are developed using web technologies such as HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The application logic is developed using Java beans and Java Servlet. The application is designed using the ModelView-Controller approach (MVC). The data persistent layer is maintained using the MySQL relational database. This research can improve the quality of healthcare services and patient outcomes, reducing healthcare costs and increasing patient satisfaction.