Archive for 2011
Using Technology for Food Sustainability
Food+Tech Connect is highlighting 5 innovative ways technology is being used to improve access to fresh, local food. Among the selection of online marketplaces and management tools are examples of how user centered design, visualizing impact, and crowdsourcing techniques are being successfully used to help small producers distribute and market their products.
Read MoreFrom the Office to Your Pocket?
Accusoft Pegasus releases Barcode Xpress Mobile for Android™. Barcode Xpress will provide patient record indexing in apps built for medical professionals, allowing instant accessibility to patient medical information.
Read MoreICD-10 is Coming Our Way! Hooray! Hooray!
With all the talk of and worry about the impending shift to ICD-10 medical coding classifications in 2013, some people are looking for outlets in humor. This interesting and amusing topic was found on Government Health IT in their article, “What Dr. Seuss might have said about ICD-10.”
Read MoreCompliance Challenges and Semantic Solutions
One of the common challenges for data and tool integration is how complex biological data can be due to its inter-connectivity. With no standards or processes widely adopted, this left little hope for improvement in the situation. However, recent attempts have focused on the use of semantics to assist integration, and Semantic Web technologies are being welcomed by this community.
Read MoreGovernance is Key
There are a lot of issues with implementing taxonomies – designing, building, and of course the technical swarm of terms. These challenges are typically what get all the attention and focus. What is quite often forgotten and of equal importance, if not more, is governance.
Read MoreASIST in the Big Easy
The ASIST meeting was held in the delightful city of New Orleans this fall. The format, as well as the dates for the meeting was quite different this year and I found it refreshing. This is usually a heavily academic meeting and I go to keep my ears open to the research and trends that the Information Science and Library Schools are talking about. Every now and then there is a nugget I can use to enhance our products and services.
Read MoreHealthcare is Key to Rallies
With all the talk of heathcare costs in the current form of healthcare, the talk of universal healthcare makes many fear it will rise to levels beyond our imagination. Those involved in the rally for Occupy Wall Street scare the same people for similar reasons.
Read MoreData About Data
The FutureGov 2011 award was given to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) for innovation and modernization. The AIHW’s METeOR Metadata Online Registry took the Information Management category, recognizing “excellence in the efficient capture, storage and distribution of citizen information”.
Read MoreAvoid the Chaos
Many healthcare professionals are worried that reimbursements will decline drastically after the ICD-10 implementation in 2013. Some are even comparing it to the mortage crisis.
Read MoreTime for Standards
The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) has went on record saying the concept of metadata in electronic health records (EHR) is too new and unreliable to require tagging in EHRs in Stage 2.
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