Software company Collexis Holdings has announced that Asklepios Group, which operates hospitals and rehabilitation clinics in Europe and the US, 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.
Collexis said that its proprietary Fingerprinting technology analyzed scientific and medical texts to develop expert profiles of Asklepios’s 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 search a central knowledge and skills management system in order to better diagnose and treat patients, added Collexis.
Collexis claims that its profiling system in combination with the unified communication functionalities from Microsoft not only redefines the concept of medical co-operation, 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.
Tobias Kaltenbach, CEO of Asklepios Kliniken, said: Using these new technologies from Collexis and Microsoft, Asklepios is breaking new ground with this innovative form of medical knowledge management, and we also aim to underline our market-leading role as Europe’s largest private clinic operator.
