Efrem HabteselassiePrincipal,ACIS ConsultingEfremh@acisconsulting.com(416) 269-9994

Toronto based information management consulting company

In business since 1992Systems integrator, Microsoft Certified Partner and FAST resellerSpecializing in Enterprise Search and Knowledge Discovery SolutionsVendor of Record at OPS, PWGSC

Successfully delivered on several large scale implementations in various industries

Government, Banking, Airline, Online Media, Services etc.

Developed a number of Enterprise search and knowledge discovery solutions

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Internet savvy baby boomers and Gen Xers demanding more control over their health information

Social networking is becoming a well established paradigm for information exchange, information sharing, knowledge discovery

Internet is becoming the ubiquitous source of all information.

Search is the primary way to access information

Confluence of Major Trends

New patients who are informed of a chronic disease diagnosis go through an intensely emotional and stressful initial period of learning, reading and researching as they digest what this new reality means and how their lives will be affected.

Unfortunately, the most readily available research tool, the Internet, is full of all kinds of information mish-mash that lacks depth, is often inappropriate or contradictory and sometimes downright misleading.

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250,000,000*

* This is the number of results returned for keyword search “diabetes”

How can patients determine what information is reliable?

Issues with searching for health information on the web

A Self Organizing Health Education Discovery Portal

Powered by healthcare educators, patients and their caregiversBuilt using advanced search platform technology

The Solution….

Starts by crawling and indexing educational content from the top 100 most reputable sites around the world

Learns from user interaction to identify what content is considered credible by the membership

Identifies user context and delivers the most credible search results that match user profile

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Tagging a Document – Takes 1 Minute!

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Benefits to Patients

Offers a trusted online destination for learning more about diabetes self-management

Reduces stress and confusion

Offers a platform where questions can be asked, ideas exchanged.

Offers a platform to store all of their bookmarks as they continue the journey of learning

Benefits to Healthcare Educators

Offers an opportunity for your valuable content to raise above the clutter

Can use this service to reinforce topics covered during patient encounters

Can learn from what other experts in their field are recommending

Can exchange information about latest advances in diabetes treatment and research

Organize all of your training and certification related bookmarks in one place

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