Pacific Knowledge Systems - Thermo Fisher

THERMO FISHER & RippleDown™ TECHNOLOGY

BUILDING A WORLD CLASS ALLERGY INTERPRETATION TOOL FOR PHYSICIANS

In 2006 Phadia (now Thermo Fisher), Sweden approached PKS following a two-year search to locate an expert system with the power and sophistication to enable their vision of a world-class allergy diagnostic and interpretation system.

 "I never dreamed of finding software so simple to use, yet with the capacity to handle such complex tasks”.  Annica Onell, Bioinfomatics Manager, Immuno diagnostics division Phadia Thermo Fisher

Finding the original cause for allergic reactions is sometimes like looking for a needle in a haystack.  Typically blood tests can be used as an aid to rule out or confirm allergy.  However, it can be difficult for primary care physicians who are non-specialists to interpret the test results accurately, or be aware of the latest research in this rapidly changing field.  This often leads to sub-optimal management of the patient.

Thermo Fisher determined that an approach combining their innovative biochip technology, their cutting edge research in molecular allergology and RippleDown™ Expert would be a revolutionary solution to the mounting problems of allergy diagnostics and interpretation.

 RippleDown™ Expert allows Thermo Fisher’s leading clinicians and researchers to encapsulate their allergy expertise in a centralized Knowledge base.  The Knowledge base provides a structured report with diagnosis and management advice based on the latest evidence based guidelines to each set of patient results and clinical histories.  Using real-time interface to laboratories deploying Phadia Thermo-Fisher’s diagnostic equipment, the Knowledge base allows Phadia’s leading experts to assist primary care physicians around the world with the diagnosis and management of their patients.

“The technical solution is genius. It now takes me less than 15 minutes per week to maintain the RippleDown™ enabled knowledge base”.   Annica Onell, Phadia Thermo Fisher

The result is the most advanced allergy diagnosis and reporting system in the world.  A ground-breaking system enabled by RippleDown™ and available to over 3,000 Phadia Thermo Fisher clients worldwide, currently providing 70% of the world’s allergy tests and reports.