Posts by Melody Smith
A Different Kind of Intelligence
We have heard of business intelligence, but what is clinical intelligence? It is a research and engineering discipline dedicated to the development of tools for data analysis. These tools are used for clinical research, surveillance, and effective health care management.
Read MoreAccess Innovations, Inc. Teams with AIP Publishing LLC to Create Disambiguation Program for Author Authority File
Access Innovations, a leading data management firm, has partnered with AIP Publishing LLC, one of the world’s largest physical science publishers, to produce a comprehensive list of about 980,000 discrete academic authors and 33,000 institutions involved in publishing physics papers worldwide. Dating back to the early 20th century, the complete dataset contains more than 800,000 articles.
Read MoreRacing 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.
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