Human-Centered Design (HCD) of Personal Decision Support System (PDSS) for understandable individual health management, using Natural Language Processing (NLP) and machine learning

This project addressed the challenges of patients to comprehend typical information (e.g. in the form of ''doctor letters'' or ''patient journals'') about their health condition, and to get understandable and personalized recommendations in a user friendly way to improve their health and well-being, considering their individual and actual health status. The chosen approach has been to explore the possibilities of natural language processing technologies and use of machine learning (particularly random forests), integrated in a Human-Centered Design of a personal decision support system. The project followed a combination of Design Science Research Methodology and Human-Centered Design Metho…