...Fei Xiang; Chuanchuan Wu; Ting Cao; Guanyu Chen; Hong Wu Purpose Women with gynecological illnesses frequently utilize Online Health Communities (OHCs) to share experiences and seek online consultations. However, the disclosure of sensitive health information heightens privacy risks. This study...

...Jiahua Jin; Qin Chen; Xiangbin Yan Purpose Given the popularity of online health communities (OHCs) and medical question-and-answer (Q&A) services, it is increasingly important to understand what constitutes useful answers and user-adopted standards in healthcare domain. However, few studies...

...Muhammad Salman Latif; Jian-Jun Wang; Mohsin Shahzad Purpose Online health communities (OHCs) have been recognized as emerging platforms on the Internet used for health purposes. Despite its emergence, developing a successful OHC is still a challenge. Prior studies identified that value co...

...Qin Chen; Jiahua Jin; Xiangbin Yan Purpose Although online health communities (OHCs) and online patient reviews can help to eliminate health information asymmetry and improve patients' health management, how patients write online reviews within OHCs is poorly understood. Thus, it is very necessary...

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