Knowledge management and discovery software developer Collexis Holdings, Inc., US, has announced that the Asklepios Group has incorporated the voice and video communication functionalities of Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, providing information about the availability of experts and direct voice and video communication possibilities. The Asklepios Group operates hospitals and specialised rehabilitation clinics in Europe and the US.
Collexis' proprietary 'Fingerprinting' technology analysed scientific and medical texts to develop Expert Profiles of Asklepios' physicians and researchers. The result is a detailed 'Knowledge Map' of the Group's shared expertise. Working with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Asklepios providers can instantly search a central knowledge and skills management system in order to better diagnose and treat patients. Within seconds, providers can then draw on the experience of a colleague in another Asklepios clinic for advice on a disease, diagnosis or therapy.
The Collexis expert profiling solution in combination with the unified communication functionalities from Microsoft redefine the concept of medical cooperation, but also provides concrete benefits for patients, in the form of shorter waiting times and routes on the way to diagnosis and improved treatment success.
The Asklepios Group of Hamburg, Germany, needed a way to make professional information, past experience with patients, disease patterns and treatment methods quickly available to doctors across the organisation. The project was undertaken within the framework of the Asklepios Future Hospital, a programme which aims to set new standards of quality and efficiency in the Healthcare service and to implement consistency throughout all processes. Microsoft Corp. and SyynX Solutions, a Collexis subsidiary, belong to the more than 20 companies that work with Asklepios in this programme.
In addition to Asklepios, Collexis is bringing its innovative technology to other healthcare providers, research organisations and universities world-wide, including the National Institutes of Health, Mayo Clinic Libraries; Johns Hopkins University; Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the University of California, San Francisco; the University of South Carolina; Bristol-Myers Squibb, and the World Health Organization.
