In theory, pertinence scores could also be based on the degree to which the evidence streams are relevant to patients' decision making and could therefore support patient centered decision making.
With tools the new site provides, Thomson Reuters's 500,000 users can use computers and P.D.A.'s to clip and share the parts of the video data stream most relevant to their corner of the world.
Users can select which notifications they want to receive, based on their preferences (known as "starring" or "following" particular pages), and the system will stream relevant notifications to whatever page a user is viewing.
Streaming data are relevant to finance, computer science, and engineering while they are becoming increasingly important to medicine and biology.
By incorporating location into Tibbr, the service wants to physical places into data hubs that can immediately stream important insights relevant to that specific place.
But it's also interesting for charities – loyal supporters can donate to the charity and get a stream of news relevant to that charity, or whatever.
Another of the company's features is the ChatterBox, a widget that can display a stream of tweets relevant to a particular hashtag or topic (the Timberwolves have one that shows tweets with the tag #twolves).
Though you'd be forgiven for thinking it to be a simple voice/video chat service at first glance, that's only half of the equation here — MindMeld provides a running stream of information relevant to the conversation at hand by monitoring a user's physical location and online social activity, as well as quietly listening to the goings-on.
Another stream of French literature relevant to the present analysis is articulated around the idea of cultural heritage5 and its spatial implications.
On the site users can create and join groups or "mobs" and create a stream of messages uniquely relevant to each user.
Tinker has also recently launched a new advertising product called 'Tinker Stream Ads', which let major brands create a filtered stream of real-time content relevant to their products, which can then be displayed on publisher sites.
