Posts by Melody Smith
The Need for Storage
Unstructured data is becoming more prevalent, and few organizations aren’t struggling with how to handle this growing problem. Microsoft’s SharePoint document repository was designed to provide content collaboration and version control, but unfortunately, as the number of users increases, so does the amount of data that is stored in SharePoint.
Read MoreOntology Gets New Leadership
Ontology Systems has appointed Martin James to head its worldwide sales operations. His task is to drive further growth and expansion for the company.
Read MoreComputers Can’t Replace Training
Computer assisted indexing can be a huge help in building a solid information architecture. We know that. We live that. However, it doesn’t solve all the problems. You still need solid medical coding training to face the challenges that will come with the ICD-10 coding classification transition.
Read MoreSemantic Technology Continues To Advance
While Watson, IBM’s semantic wonder, impressed us all last year, computers are still a long way from being the robotic brains that Hollywood likes to present. Computers can do almost anything, but they still just do what they are told. However, the Semantic Pointer Architecture Unified Network, or Spaun, is quickly moving into the next category of thinking for itself.
Read MoreAccess Innovations Partners with Leading Scientific Organizations for the Launch of a New Thesaurus Created for Astronomy Community
Access Innovations, Inc., a leader in semantic enrichment, has teamed up with the American Institute of Physics (AIP) and IOP Publishing (IOP) to create a new astronomy thesaurus called the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus (UAT) for the American Astronomical Society (AAS) that will help improve future information discovery for researchers.
Read MoreAre You Ready for SharePoint 2013?
There is much excitement around the release of Microsoft SharePoint 2013. The features and delivery of SharePoint 2010 has left a solid road of trust and anticipation that this new version will do the same or better.
Read MoreKinds of Search
There are search systems that are advertised as keyword search. There are ones that say that they are Bayesian. There are ones that are Boolean. There are ones that are primarily ranking algorithms.
Read MoreGood Indexing Requires Solid Taxonomies
The Document Scanning is a scanning and indexing services provider that works to create efficient indexes for digital scanned images of documents, books, records, etc.
Read MoreLooking to Indexing for Organization
In Australia, the Victorian Department of Human Services has been criticized for their recordkeeping practices by the state ombudsman. This came about from the frustration of former wards of state trying to access their historical records.
Read MoreAHIMA Recommends Preparation
In the middle of the AMA and other professional organizations still seeking to get the ICD-10 coding classification transition delayed or stopped completely, the Association for Health Information Management (AHIMA) is encouraging providers to not stop and wait, but to continue training and preparing.
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