Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced a partnership with Health Sciences South Carolina (HSSC) to launch the first virtual knowledge directory of health science research being conducted across the state by HSSC partner institutions. With this initiative, South Carolina becomes the first state in the US to create a searchable directory of medical research and biomedical expertise.
HSSC is a unique statewide research collaborative composed of South Carolina's three research universities and three largest health systems that are conducting collaborative biomedical research to improve health status, education, workforce development, and economic wellbeing for all South Carolinians. HSSC strives to be an economic catalyst by attracting nationally prominent scientists, clinical trials of new drugs and medical devices and health-related companies to South Carolina, ultimately stimulating the state's knowledge-based economy.
The Collexis system was recently released to HSSC partner institutions. With a simple interface, any medical topic or researcher can be searched through the HSSC website and the results are a comprehensive list of South Carolina experts and their research. Additionally, experts who specialise in different research areas (like biologists and chemists studying cancer) can be identified to build teams necessary to address complex challenges in health research.
In a follow up effort, the Collexis and HSSC partnership is also working on ways to identify the patient expertise of all South Carolina physicians.
