MD Consult Integrates Verity Knowledge Retrieval Technology Into Comprehensive Physician Online Service
BusinessWire, Tuesday, October 13, 1998 at 09:13
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 13, 1998--
Verity Products Provide Connection Into Extensive
Collection of Medical Information
Verity, Inc. (NASDAQ:VRTY), a leading provider of knowledge
retrieval solutions for the enterprise and Internet, today announced
that MD Consult, a premier online medical information service
available at mdconsult.com, has integrated Verity's DB
Gateway knowledge retrieval products into its comprehensive product
offering for physicians.
Physicians can now have the latest research and up-to-date
medical information at their fingertips using MD Consult which
incorporates Verity's powerful indexing, searching and viewing
capabilities.
Created through a joint venture of leading medical publishers, MD
Consult features the most comprehensive collection of brand-name
clinical reference and current awareness information available on the
Internet. MD Consult simplifies the way physicians find and use
medical information to help them answer clinical questions and keep
up-to-date efficiently. The service includes unlimited access to:
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-- 37 leading medical reference books;
-- The full-text articles of 47 premier medical journals;
-- Prescription information for more than 30,000 medications;
-- More than 500 peer-reviewed clinical practice guidelines;
-- Customizable patient education handouts covering more than 6,000
topics;
-- Personalized daily summaries of important articles and
announcements in clinical medicine;
-- A physician's review of medicine in the lay press;
-- More than 300 modules of Category 1 CME credit.
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MD Consult's information, which is continuously updated as new
content becomes available, resides in relational databases. It is
automatically indexed and searched via Verity's DB Gateway products.
This solution provides physicians with immediate access to
authoritative, relevant medical information with absolute security and
privacy.
While the MD Consult service launched a year ago utilizing
another third party search engine, it is in the final phase of a
complete transition to Verity. Physicians are now able to search
larger collections of data with improved precision, while realizing
significantly faster response times.
"Our service uses Verity's indexing and searching products
because its solution scales as we add users and content, it provides
increased functionality and it delivers within the response times that
our users demand," said Tom Hamilton, Vice President, Technology for
MD Consult. "With Verity, we have an excellent platform from which to
further enhance our search functionality."
"Like many companies, all of MD Consult's medical information is
in relational databases which we make accessible through our DB
Gateway Toolkit product," said Anthony Bettencourt, Senior Vice
President of Sales and Marketing for Verity, Inc. "MD Consult's
leading-edge service requires the scalability, responsiveness and
precision provided by Verity in order to deliver time-critical
information to the healthcare community. We are pleased to be working
with MD Consult, as they develop the next generation of knowledge
products and services for healthcare professionals."
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