Case studies
NHS Evidence: Providing Comprehensive
Access to Clinical Information and Best
Practice with Microsoft’s FAST Search. evidence.nhs.uk
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Objective of the NHS Evidence Portal
To create a comprehensive,
searchable online evidence
base for health and social
care professionals including
clinicians, pharmacists,
public health and special
care staff, commissioners,
service managers, information
specialists and the UK public.
Technical Solution
FAST Enterprise Search Platform®
Benefits
- Delivering Innovation
NHS Evidence brings
hundreds of diverse,
dynamic third party data
sources and over 140,000
documents together into a
single search interface for
the first time.
- Selective Aggregation
of Content
Configurable
indexing enables discerning
aggregation of content
to match agreed user
requirements.
- Search Relevancy
Flexible ranking model and
the use of navigators help
to filter, prioritise and add
value to search results.
- Rapid Implementation
project was completed on
time and to budget despite
a development timeframe of
just four months.
The Financial Times: World’s leading
business website uses
FAST search technology
to boost traffic and
improve quality. ft.com
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Objective
To provide a
search resource using FAST
Enterprise Search Platform
(ESP) that complements the
FT.com site by providing
accurate, relevant search
results from the continually
updated FT archive of
business, finance and political
news and comment. FT.com’s
audience includes world
leading business decision
makers, and Search needs to
be quick, intuitive and relevant
to meet users' needs.
Technical Solution
FAST Enterprise Search Platform®
Benefits
- Search usage increased
substantially following
launch of the FAST-based
service
- Higher user satisfaction with
the Search service reflected
in comments and feedback
to customer services
- Complex search entry
replaced by ease of use and
greater relevance of results
- Search performance
supports continued growth
of FT.com site
Client testimonies
“The implementation
of Microsoft’s FAST
Search by Mongoose IT
for the NHS Evidence
Portal has been a
huge success and
has received very
positive user, senior
management
and DH
sponsor feedback.”
Andrew Fenton,
CTO, NHS Evidence
Latest news
June 24 2010
Gartner principal analyst Whit Andrews releases his latest global best practice case study for Enterprise Search, featuring a recent implementation by Mongoose IT.
June 1st 2010
Content & Code, a leading SharePoint implementation services provider, partner with Mongoose IT to augment their service portfolio with specialist FAST expertise.
May 13th 2010
The NHS Information Centre selects Mongoose IT to provide specialist FAST consultancy to improve and enhance their existing FAST deployment.
April 9th 2010
Mongoose IT, together with partners Parity Solutions, is selected to implement Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and FAST for NHS Direct, as part of a major 4-year operational improvement plan.
December 15th 2009
Boomerang MIS® reporting tool selected by NHS Scotland and NHS Evidence. Initially, both contracts to run for 3 years.
November 26th 2009
Mongoose IT selected to provide FAST and general enterprise search consultancy and support to SLaM (South London and Maudsley) NHS Foundation Trust. The contract will run to 2013.
September 4th 2009
Gartner Briefing - Mongoose IT brief Gartner analysts on the methods deployed to deliver NHS Evidence successfully in such accelerated timescales.
August 20th 2009
Business Monitor International select Mongoose IT to plan and migrate their data centre move, including internal and customer facing web applications and intranet portal.
August 10th 2009
NHS Evidence select Mongoose IT to develop and maintain the next phases of advanced search at the National Institute for Clinical Excellence.
June 30th 2009
Lord Darzi's Report, "High Quality Care For All, Our Journey So Far" cites NHS Evidence as key component.
June 5th 2009
Microsoft issue NHS Evidence case study as a flagship installation of Microsoft FAST.