Posts by Melody Smith
Recruitment Utilizing Semantic Technology
TargetRecruit recently announced a new integration with Monster’s SeeMore platform. The result will be a more robust recruitment software and one would think, an increase in effectiveness. PRWeb brought this news to us in their article, “TargetRecruit Integrates with Monster’s Semantic Search and Workforce Analytics Recruitment Platform to Provide Advanced Search and Talent Mapping Features.
Read MoreInformation and Data Governance/Management – How to Start
The link between Business and Information Technology is the data, information, and process assets that are stored and automated through technical tools. This blog suggests the first steps toward governing and managing these important assets before tool implementation, helping to avoid the too common “graveyards” of expensive, underused tools.
Read MoreFree Trial Offer for Find-A-Code
Find-A-Code is offering a free 7-day trail of its newest coding tool called Code-A-Note. Code-A-Note utilizes concept extractor software that analyzes the volumes of information contained in an electronic medical record’s (EMR) text fields and provides the professional coder with highly relevant ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS coding suggestions. Find-A-Code’s digital coding libraries then apply additional filters and data resources to the selected codes including a claim scrubbing feature. With the pending implementation of ICD-10 in October of 2014, Code-A-Note will offer its users unique documentation training opportunities as well as a coding tool. Code-A-Note was designed to decrease the amount of time that medical coders spend reading a patient’s encounter note. The software analyzes the note in its entirety to produce relevant codes.
Read MoreEmotions Categorized
Researchers are producing a behavioral catalog which would be emotionally helpful for patients and assist doctors in being more compassionate while dealing with them. The catalog will guide medical training and education by breaking down the discourse and analyzing the context. This interesting information came from News Tonight Africa in their article, “Researchers Hope to Create a Behavioral Taxonomy to Guide Medical Training.”
Read MoreThe Popularity of Data
Depending on your entertainment and news choices, the assumption of what was most talked about in 2013 may differ from this list. HITC Lifestyle brought us this interesting example of metadata in their article, “Beyond selfies and twerking … the words that really mattered in 2013.” Big data, metadata, surveillance, and Obamacare are just a few of the terms that one author considered worthy. Unlike artisanal, using these terms does not automatically increase the price of the product.
Read MoreSemantic Change
Search has never been more personal, or engaging or interactive. Most of all, it has never been more changing. As semantic technology continues to evolve, search is correspondingly becoming more comprehensive and effective. This interesting topic was brought to us by Search Engine Land in their article, “5 Ways To Unlock The Benefits Of Semantic Search.”
Read MoreMachine Assisted Indexing Trumps
The ECRI Institute Patient Safety Organization has created a health IT hazard reporting system to make it easier to see trends. The Health IT Hazard Manager was funded by Abt Associates with the ECRI Institute and Geisinger Health System’s Patient Safety Institute. The project incorporates Agency for Healthcare Research Quality (AHRQ) common formats and a tested, standardized taxonomy to index the content of a central repository of data.
Read MoreClass is Everything
EDItEUR has published a new subject classification system intended for use throughout the global book and e-book trade.
Read MoreNew Acquisition Creates Mega-Database
The Tribune Co. has agreed to buy the Gracenote subsidiary from Sony for $170 million. This will add a music metadata service to its video metadata operation. Gracenote is best known for its music metadata, used by a number of streaming music services. The Gracenote database gets 550 million look-ups each day and more than 16 billion every month. This news come from CED Magazine in their article, “Tribune to buy Gracenote for $170M.”
Read MoreNew Partnership Results in Real-Time Analysis
Datawatch Corporation has announced an OEM partnership with Semantic Visions to deliver real-time predictive analysis and visualization of supply chain disruptions on the SAP HANA platform. This came to us from MarketWatch in their article, “Datawatch And Semantic Visions Enable Real-Time Predictive Analysis And Visualization For SAP HANA.”
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