Posts by Melody Smith
Racing the Clock
It should be no surprise that time is the biggest obstacle for healthcare professionals as they prepare for the ICD-10 conversion. With just over a year and a half left until the October 1, 2014 deadline, a recent survey showed that 74.6% of the respondents are only 25% or less completed in their ICD-10 implementations.
Read MoreIn the Eyes of the Beholder
The MzTEK has coordinated an art commission titled, “Data as Culture.” MzTek’s goal is to provide a learning community in technology and arts for women. The aim of this particular commission was to highlight the use of data in an artistic context and to challenge the perceptions of what defines data.
Read MoreBig Data in the Big Picture
Big data continues to change the landscape of IT, in software, hardware, and personnel. Information architecture reaches beyond the actual nuts and bolts of IT, it involves vision about the overall. Big picture, some would say.
Read MoreMetadata Adds Character
Metadata is quickly becoming the indispensable factor in any successful technological adventure. This was evidenced yet again in Apple Insider’s latest article, “Apple looking to add character to text-to-speech voices.”
Read MoreTalking Numbers
ICD-10 will have a big impact on the medical reimbursement project for healthcare organizations of every size. The ICD-10 coding classification transition is a huge code increase from ICD-9, with five times the number of codes to manage for reimbursement.
Read MoreMetadata Gaining Popularity
Metadata has become quite popular with the “in” crowd. Of course popular is code for loads and loads of metadata.
Read MoreSemantic Conference Reveals Intriguing Keynotes
WebMediaBrands has announced the lineup of keynote speakers for its Semantic Technology & Business Conference in June. San Francisco is the locale for this large event devoted to semantic technologies.
Read MoreOntologies Used for Medical Research
A group from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is testing the use of bioinformatics and other technologies to better understand how cells function. They are doing this with the use of ontologies.
Read MoreFoodie Resources
Hi, my name is Melody and I am a foodaholic, or foodie. I love cooking, experimenting with ingredients, and reading cookbooks. Yes, I read cookbooks like others read novels. There are notes in the margins and dog eared pages for future reference.
Read MoreSemantic Research
Genetic research continues to explore and discover, all with the help of technology. The ability to conduct genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has enabled new exploration of how genetic variations contribute to health and disease etiology. 7th Space Interactive brought this interesting information to our attention in their article, “Applying semantic web technologies for phenome-wide scan…
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