Melody Smith

About Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.

The Delay Can Be Costly

By |June 6th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on The Delay Can Be Costly

The ICD-10 debate rages on. Will it remain a one-year delay or will the AMA win with the two-year delay argument? One healthcare veteran believes this controversy places perspective on the situation, as well as some validity.

Ontology Intelligent 360 Released

By |June 6th, 2012|News, ontology, search, semantic|Comments Off on Ontology Intelligent 360 Released

Ontology Systems has released Ontology Intelligent 360, a suite of apps that deliver enterprise views, dashboards and fully featured operational solutions using Ontology 3 semantic search technology.

AMA Wants to Wait Two Years, At a Minimum

By |June 5th, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on AMA Wants to Wait Two Years, At a Minimum

The American Medical Association believes that a minimum of a two-year delay is necessary to conduct a cost-benefit analysis on physician practices and evaluate whether an alternative code set is more appropriate.

Finding You

By |June 5th, 2012|News, search|Comments Off on Finding You

It is a constant challenge for any website to maintain their position in search engines. We know that first hand. Google’s newest algorithm update is named the Penguin update and many SEO companies are starting to learn what the search engine now expects.

Innovation Awards Announced

By |June 5th, 2012|News, ontology, Technology|Comments Off on Innovation Awards Announced

Pipeline Publishing have announced the winners of its prestigious 2012 Innovation Awards. These awards are considered one of the most credible and objective endorsement of innovation and thought-leadership in the communications technology industry.

Technology and Its Impact On Our Lives

By |June 4th, 2012|News, Technology|Comments Off on Technology and Its Impact On Our Lives

Mary Meeker, partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and former financial analyst, describes what she calls “the re-imagination of nearly everything” powered by mobile and social. Speaking to what she considers the biggest weakness in today’s Internet industry, she gives some context to the state of the global economy.

Altmetrics Becoming More Popular

By |June 1st, 2012|News|Comments Off on Altmetrics Becoming More Popular

A not-so-common term is quickly becoming part of the everyday vernacular. Altmetrics has spurred many articles and now a new start-up company seeking to capitalize on the rising fame. This topic was inspired by the article, “Two Architects of Library Discovery Tools Launch an Altmetrics Venture” found on The Digital Shift.

More Opinions on the Delay

By |May 31st, 2012|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on More Opinions on the Delay

Medical Group Management stated their position once again in a letter to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. They believe the transition process to ICD-10 coding classification is incomplete.