Studies in health technology and informatics

The gender knowledge gap in medicine, particularly regarding menstruation and disorders such as endometriosis, often results in delayed diagnoses and inadequate care. Many menstruating individuals report dismissal of debilitating symptoms, …

BACKGROUND: Menopause, endometriosis, miscarriage, and female infertility are health issues affecting women worldwide (nearly half the global population). The biomedical literature is human-readable and evergrowing with around 3.5K papers p…

Endometriosis is a complex, poorly understood, female health condition that can markedly reduce a woman's quality of life. The gold-standard diagnostic method for Endometriosis is invasive laparoscopic surgery, which is costly, not timely, …

User interface evaluation has become important in developing usable health care technologies. Although usability engineering methods have been applied in the design and evaluation of health care software, available heuristics focus on task-…

Despite the high consumption of dietary supplements (DS), few reliable, relevant, and comprehensive online resources could satisfy information seekers. This research study aims to understand consumer information needs on DS using topic mode…