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Efrem Habteselassie Principal, ACIS Consulting Efremh@acisconsulting (416) 269-9994

Efrem Habteselassie Principal, ACIS Consulting Efremh@acisconsulting.com (416) 269-9994. ACIS Consulting Profile. Toronto based information management consulting company In business since 1992 Systems integrator, Microsoft Certified Partner and FAST reseller

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Efrem Habteselassie Principal, ACIS Consulting Efremh@acisconsulting (416) 269-9994

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  1. Efrem Habteselassie Principal, ACIS Consulting Efremh@acisconsulting.com (416) 269-9994

  2. ACIS Consulting Profile • Toronto based information management consulting company • In business since 1992 • Systems integrator, Microsoft Certified Partner and FAST reseller • Specializing in Enterprise Search and Knowledge Discovery Solutions • Vendor 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

  3. Confluence of Major Trends • 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

  4. The Problem with Internet Searching • 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.

  5. Issues with searching for health information on the web 250,000,000* * This is the number of results returned for keyword search “diabetes” • How can patients determine what information is reliable?

  6. The Solution…. A Self Organizing Health Education Discovery Portal Powered by healthcare educators, patients and their caregivers Built using advanced search platform technology

  7. 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

  8. Medtagger.com - Features

  9. Medtagger.com – Features…

  10. Tagging a Document – Takes 1 Minute!

  11. Your Bookmarks Home Page

  12. 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

  13. 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

  14. Open Discussions • Any questions I can answer?

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