Pfizer Health Solutions Inc. Selects iXmatch for Advanced Search

iXmatch’s search software helps Pfizer Health Solutions’ business analysts easily find relevant information with targeted search capabilities.

MINNEAPOLIS—JULY 13, 2005—iXmatch Inc., a leader in advanced search software, today announced that Pfizer Health Solutions Inc. (PHS), the care management subsidiary of Pfizer Inc, licensed its state-of-the-art search engine, iXfind. iXfind enables PHS’ Business Development group to easily find the information they are seeking.

PHS deployed a robust Knowledge Management (KM) tool to support the information gathering and tracking needs of its Business Development group. This KM application provides access to relevant data sources for up-to-date information on the marketplace, thereby allowing the analysts to understand changes in the market as they occur and prioritize product and business development needs.

PHS uses iXfind to search its internal content and external sources. "This is a very strategic application for us,” said Steve Tolle, PHS’ Director of Business and Product Planning. “iXmatch's innovative approach to searching enables us to take full advantage of all the content we have available internally, both in structured form and text and search for additional content from the internet in a targeted and directed way. We see iXfind as an integral part of our knowledge-management capabilities that directly connects us with the information we need." 

iXfind, iXmatch's advanced search engine, incorporates innovative search methods to find, evaluate, and rank the most relevant results. iXfind puts these results into context by dynamically clustering them into groups of similar documents. For example, a search for “compliance” returns thousands of results that are clustered on the fly into contextually relevant sub-groups such as HIPAA, disease management, medication, and others. Employees and customers can better manage information overload and more easily navigate by selecting relevant content groups.

iXfind is integrated with PHS’ content management system, Microsoft Content Management Server 2002. It is used to search through PHS’ content, both in- and outside of Content Management Server. “The ability to search through all of their content through one interface was critical,” said Gopal Sadagopal, iXmatch Cofounder and Vice President of Product Development. “Our approach to combining information from multiple sources and then providing contextually relevant results for all levels of users makes iXfind a perfect solution for PHS.”

About Pfizer Health Solutions
Pfizer Health Solutions, the wholly-owned care management subsidiary of Pfizer, partners with healthcare and community organizations to implement patient-centered programs that focus on prevention, disease management and care coordination to improve patient health and efficiency of health care delivery. To learn more, visit www.pfizerhealthsolutions.com.

About iXmatch Inc.
iXmatch is a leading provider of advanced search software. It creates a positive impact on a customer’s business by presenting people with the most contextually-relevant information. iXmatch is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Its customers include Broward County, Florida, Carlson Companies, Edgenet, F.W. Webb, HighJump Software, LogicLibrary, Pfizer Health Solutions, Pro Staff, Sagebrush Corporation, ShopNBC, Thomas Publishing, TrueBeginnings, U.S. Department of Defense, and Xiotech.