Semantech Launches Major Healthcare Integration Project

Semantech Inc. has launched a significant research project in partnership with the Teksouth Corporation on behalf of the Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD). The contract, part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, is dedicated to developing a Next Generation Healthcare Information Integration architecture.

The goals of the project include:

• Providing a Semantic Foundation for Healthcare Integration
• Redefining the metaphors for Healthcare management and analytics
• Integration of disparate EMRs within a new, holistic context
• Provision of diagnostic process tools for visual capture and management of caregiver knowledge
• The ability to analyze care trends at both the individual and group level

The Principal Investigator for the project, Stephen Lahanas, described the potential value of the effort in these terms: "The number one challenge in Healthcare Information Management today is complexity, our goal is to tackle that complexity head-on by providing a new paradigm for system and knowledge integration. The ultimate value of this type of solution is focused first on quality of care improvements and secondly on efficiency and cost reduction."

For more information on Semantech's Healthcare Integration and Informatics solutions, check out our blog at: http://semantech-informatics.blogspot.com/