Quertle introduces new search engine for biomedical, life science and healthcare professionals

Linguistic engine outperforms current search solutions to deliver contextually relevant results for biomedical literature and patents, saving time and money

Biomedical and health IT solution developer Quertle LLC today released Quetzal^® Search and Communication (www.Quetzal-Search.info) biomedical search engine. Built on Quertle’s Quantum Logic Linguistic™ technology, Quetzal is specifically optimized for biomedical, life science and healthcare professionals. The new tool drastically improves search processes by quickly delivering contextually relevant results, eliminating frustration and wasted time searchers experience with current solutions.

A National Library of Medicine award winner used in 191 countries, Quetzal's linguistic technology not only focuses on relevant results, but also simplifies the process – using optimized ontologies to eliminate reliance on complicated Boolean searches, and using separate author, journal and affiliation entries to avoid confusing results. Quetzal’s Power Term™ functionality allows users to find all members of a category such as “diseases” without cluttering results with hits from general terms (e.g., disease, syndrome), resulting in lists that specifically answer questions such as: “Which diseases are affected by caffeine?”

“Researchers need an easy way to find the important content they want with assurance that they haven’t missed critical documents. With traditional search engines, users spend 95% of their time searching and only 5% reviewing the relevant material," said Jeffrey D. Saffer, Ph.D., president of Quertle. “Our patent-pending technology reverses those percentages with a unique combination of linguistic and statistical methods to quickly uncover relevant results and minimize risk of missed materials.”

Quetzal Search and Communication includes unique features such as automated key concept extraction, embedded private journal clubs, useful filtering options, and instant searches for entire classes of entities – providing quick access to the information that matters most to users. Quetzal content includes PubMed, PubMed Central full text, patent grants and applications, AHRQ Treatment Protocols, NIH grants, TOXLINE and relevant news sources.

Benefits of Quetzal include:

• Presentation of author statements pertinent to user query with terms highlighted in context, making it easier to see why results are relevant
• Single-click access to full abstracts without leaving the results page
• Easy-to-use powerful filters – including Quetzal’s proprietary Key Concepts filter – automatically identifying important concepts, creating time-saving means to hone in on points of significant interest
• Direct access to over 10 million free PDFs plus easy access through users’ library subscriptions, significantly improving productivity
• Built-in note-taking feature simplifying user notation of crucial points
• Private, secure Journal Club discussions providing group interactions

Quertle offers three versions of the Quetzal solution:

• Basic (Free) – Enhanced linguistic searching of PubMed documents to find relevant results; ideal for undergraduate students and occasional searchers
• Professional – Includes additional content, sources and filters, Journal Club and more; essential resource for physicians, researchers, other life science and healthcare professionals
• Advanced – Most powerful version, includes patents and full-text searching for when missing key information would be costly; also appropriate for information professionals