[Collective Board Meeting] New HEAL Semantic Search Release

Collective Board Meeting Summary: The board discussed ideas for further increasing the usability and value proposition of HEAL Semantic Search (HSS). In response to the UI improvements in the new release, one member said, “this is so much better. You guys have done great.” At the same time, they felt more data is needed in the HEAL Data Ecosystem for HSS to reach its potential. There was interest in how HSS ranks search results, and the conversation included the idea of ranking higher the studies using CDEs, providing users with a relative score on how well each result correlates to the search term, and providing options to view results through a particular lens. The Stewards collected many suggestions for general improvements including opening a new tab rather than navigating away from the HSS tool, adding a “Data Available!” logo to studies for which data is accessible, and offering users a sample search to make it easy to get started with a positive search experience.