Medical World Search technology is available for licensing
and can be used in many ways to substantial advantage
by innovative institutitions and individuals. For discussion
of its use in your applications and for price information,
please contact Medical World Search .
Using Medical World Search Technology
The basic technology behind Medical World Search
is its revolutionary medical intelligence which
allows more precise, targeted retrieval of medical
information. Your institution can use this technology
in a number of different ways: searching for
information over the whole Internet, searching only
your Web site, searching CD-ROMs, or searching
patient records. Medical World Search technology
can be used either directly over the Internet, or can
be installed on your local computer system. It is
currently available for the UNIX operating system,
but a Windows NT version can be made available
upon demand. Medical World Search can extend the
capabilities of leading search engines from Verity,
Personal Library Software, as well as those of freely
available packages such as freeWAIS and Glimpse.
It can also be used with relational database systems
such as Oracle and Informix.
Searching the Whole Internet
At the address listed above, Medical World Search
is freely available for searching for medical
information on the Internet. Its database is a
selection of the Medical Internet's main sites, and it
allows to search for every term appearing on the
pages that are indexed.
If your institution has a list of important medical
sites on the Internet that it would like to search on
as a collection, Medical World Search technology
can be easily adapted to search your list of sites.
Searching Your Web Site
Medical World Search can be used to search your
Web site. Every medical term in your Web pages
can be indexed and searched, with the benefits
offered by the automatic search on synonyms, more
specific terms, and the advanced results ranking
mechanism. Whether your site is small or large,
whether you require extensive customization or not,
Medical World Search can tailor its services to fit
your needs.
The simplest option is to arrange to have Medical
World Search index your site remotely over the
Internet. You will then be able to specifically search
your Web pages through the Medical World Search
site. In addition, you have the option of licensing
Medical World Search’s software so that it can be
run on your own computer system.
Searching CD-ROMs
Medical World Search technology can also be used
to search CD-ROMs with medical content with only
a moderate development investment. Medical World
Search staff can also adapt the system to search your
Web site and CD-ROMS simultaneously.
Searching Patient Records
If your institution is a hospital, Medical World
Search technology can most likely be adapted to
your clinical information or computer-based patient
record system to allow easy searching of text-based
documents such as radiology reports, progress notes,
discharge summaries, and others. Searching by
medical terms can be invaluable for quality
assurance, clinical investigations and patient care.
Similarly, if your institution is a medical software
company, Medical World Search technology can be
integrated into your products, taking advantage and
extending your current search engine. The result will
have much more functionality for retrieving patient
record information.
