Posts by Melody Smith
Photo Storage and Indexing Need Taxonomy
A new cloud-based photo sharing service has been launched by Canon. Project 1709 enables users to store and access images regardless of where they have been saved. This works due to a special tagging and indexing function.
Read MoreTraining is Key for a Successful Transition
Now that there is a firm deadline in place, it is time to start training to meet the October 2014 coding classification transition goal. Considering there will be five times the number of diagnostic codes, the training should be comprehensive and complete.
Read MoreShift in Publishing Power
Many think publishers hold all the power in the world of data. One knowledgeable veteran notes that publishers should be prepared to challenge convention and fight for a true and appropriate value for the product they offer. Stuart Colman, former Managing Director Europe, VP International at Audience Science, has made a rallying call to publishers.
Read MoreFree ECA Technology by InterLegis
InterLegis has released a new standalone early case assessment (ECA) module free to law firms and corporations.
Read MoreWhy Do We Index?
We index, or “tag”, using the taxonomy to improve precision. In part, we are doing that by defining the scope of the term that we use. So, we have a term that represents a concept but that term might be used for several concepts. We are defining in which way we are using the term ‘mercury’ within this corpus of information. We define the scope of the term, and that improves the precision.
Read MoreThe Key to Findability is Taxonomies
Zenya has released multiple updates to their keyword platform, which results in improving clients’ control to leverage keyword data and eventually their marketing success. Their approach to keyword generation includes a database of more than 1.4 billion keywords, including 600 million categorized by searcher intent.
Read MoreUnderstanding the ICD-10 Risks
The ICD-10 coding classification conversion deadline has been set, again. Now it is time for healthcare providers to determine their game plan. During this year’s AHIMA conference in Chicago on September 30 – October 3 vendors will be on hand to help.
Read MoreEBSCO Made the Ranks
EBSCO has been named to this year’s InformationWeek 500. This annual listing of the nation’s most innovative users of business technology is a honorable place to land and they have done it twice.
Read MoreVisual Recognition Technology Developed
Researchers at Brown and the Technical University of Berlin have produced a program uses semantic understanding to identify simple sketches of objects almost as well as humans. Police and other law enforcement agencies use a similar technology to identify mug shots, but this technology goes farther by identifying more cartoonish features.
Read MoreBig Win with Big Data
Entagen was named a winner in the Mass Technology Leadership Council (MassTLC) 2012 Technology Leadership Awards, winning the “Innovative Technology of the Year: Big Data” award for its TripleMap platform.
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