Purpose/Significance To explore the research progress of health recommender system (HRS), so as to provide references for medical personnel to build HRS to help intelligent health care.Method/Process The application of common recommendation technology and HRS in the field of health care is summarized by literature research, and the research status and development direction of HRS is discussed.Result/Conclusion HRS has been applied in health service recommendation, diet recommendation, health behavior promotion, disease prognosis characteristics and health risk prediction, chronic disease management, mental health promotion and medication recommendation, and the related research is conducive to the development of intelligent health care.