Apelon provides product training, support and customization services for some of the leading terminology tools in the industry. Our over twenty-year experience in terminology and interoperability projects has given us unique insights into the requirements for these tools and how they can be most effectively applied in specific projects. Some of these tools, such as our Distributed Terminology System (DTS) vocabulary server, began as Apelon-developed commercial products, but are now open source projects with world-wide contributors.

 

The sections below outline some of the types of services that are available. Click on the links to reference specific product information or complete our information request form for further information on any of the services.

 

Software Support Services – Apelon provides comprehensive software support on leading terminology software tools such as the Terminology Development Environment (TDE), TermWorks mapping solution and open source DTS. These services enable you to easily take advantage of these tools whether via Apelon-hosted environments or in-house implementations. Services are available for installation assistance, ongoing maintenance support, and customization. Our services let you rapidly meet short-term terminology requirements while keeping open long-term investment options.

 

Training Services – Apelon offers on-site training programs for supported products such as TDE, DTS, and TermWorks. Courses cover installation, operations, applications use and API programming. While standard curricula are available, courses are usually customized to meet an individual organization’s specific training needs. Enhance your staff’s productivity by leveraging our experience.

 

Modeling Services – Apelon has assisted leading content developers such as the American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control, College of American Pathologists, ECRI, Kaiser Permanente, National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the creation, maintenance and evolution of structured terminologies and ontologies. Our TDE product is recognized as the premier solution for large-scale terminology development while DTS is favored for modeling of local terminologies or terminology extensions. For organizations needing to create and evolve critical terminology assets, Apelon’s Modeling Services accelerate time to market, reduce maintenance costs, increase terminology quality, and improve business results.

 

Data Interoperability Services – Healthcare organizations today are under increasing pressure to standardize the clinical information their applications collect, maintain, analyze and report. These pressures can come from internal groups, regional partners, and national mandates. Whatever the source of the requirements, data standardization is a vital component of today’s healthcare computing environment, allowing clinical information to be effectively and consistently collected, compared, and analyzed. Standardization also enables this data to be efficiently exchanged with healthcare partners such as insurers, pharmacies, affiliated providers, and public health departments.  Apelon’s Data Interoperability Services use products such as DTS and TermWorks to assist organizations in bridging the “interoperability gap” and integrating mission-critical information.