Posts by Melody Smith
The Perfect Storm
In what appears to be a timely presentation, John Kuranz, CEO of Access Integrity, walked the group gathered at the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group through the major events that are taking place in healthcare. We talked extensively about the ICD-10 coding classification that will be implemented on October 1, 2014. Many are facing the challenges that implementation poses, and then not far behind that is ICD-11 going live in 2014.
Read MoreOpening Ceremonies
Tuesday was the opening day for the 9th Annual Data Harmony Users Group. Unlike the Olympics, there were no industrial revolution references, Harry Potter’s nemisis nor James Bond made an appearance, and Danny Boyle’s nod to his childhood did not make the agenda. However, this small group of 60+ was globally represented with attendees and presenters from Holland, Bristol, Spain, India, and New Jersey.
Read MoreAward Given for Contribution
Open Core Protocol International Partnership (OCP-IP) recently announced that Texas Instruments (TI), specifically Prashant Karandikar, is the recipient of the coveted annual Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award for 2012. Karandikar was the lead software engineer of TI and his leadership, commitment and contributions the committee.
Read MoreMaking Migration Smoother
Pingar has announced the availability of Pingar Metadata Extractor for SharePoint 2013. Now, Pingar tools to improve search, organization and analysis of large data stores can be installed and managed by individuals without administrative role access.
Read MoreFacets and Search
Most of you who have studied library science or information science are familiar with faceted classification as developed by Indian mathematician and librarian S. R. Ranganathan (1892-1972). His main contribution was the colon classification system the first faceted classification. It allowed multiple multiple classifications to be assigned to an object, rather than a single pre-coordinated taxonomic designation. Dr. Ranganathan is still pretty popular in the search world, especially in e-commerce. The Endeca faceted search module is popular with online marketers, because they are looking at lots of different kinds of ways to filter data.
Read MoreHelp is Available
Most healthcare organizations were pleased with the year delay for the ICD-10 implementation, but October 2014 is still coming fast. The transition efforts should not be relaxed.
Read MoreNew Semantic Social Application
Gravity has built a semantic analysis engine intended to gauge a site visitor’s interest by looking beyond just the articles they read, and into their behavior. This technology has attracted various funders, so apparently someone thinks there is a future for Gravity.
Read MoreInternal Search Should Not Be Overlooked
Search and search strategy are common topics across the world of technology, retail, and the Internet. But what about on your own intranet? Much is said and written about search optimization for the external sites, but ensuring that your own staff can find information to serve your customers is just as important.
Read MoreDon’t Lower Your Standards
Pingar recently introduced its beta Taxonomy Generator Service, which will enable enterprises to generate instant taxonomies from an analysis of the content on large internal document sets.
Read MoreThe Taxonomy of Love
Because it is the famously sweet Hallmark holiday and I am feeling a bit silly, I went on search for a Taxonomy of Love. What better day than Valentine’s Day than to dissect and tear apart what others see as mystical and ethereal?
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