Posts by Melody Smith
Apple Acquires Mobile Application Company
Apple has acquired mobile application company, Chomp. Their feature product is an app for searching the iOS App Store in clever ways. Chomp’s app uses a “proprietary algorithm” that learns the functions and topic of apps. This semantic-like technology helps users search for apps based on their true functionality, not just their names. The app offers app browsing by unique categories that don’t exist within the App Store’s own taxonomy.
Read MoreThe Impact of the Delay
Edifecs, Inc. has released the results of a survey about the impact a postponement of the ICD-10 compliance deadline would have on a healthcare organization’s ICD-10 transition plans, budget and progress. The findings indicate that 64 percent believe a delay will not improve readiness, 76 percent believe a delay will harm other healthcare reform efforts, and 69 percent say a two-year delay would be either “potentially catastrophic” or “unrecoverable.”
Read MorePingar and SharePoint Working Together
Pingar is offering several new resources to help SharePoint information technology professionals, business managers, analysts and developers extend the capabilities of their SharePoint systems to better manage unstructured data.
Read MoreLeveraging Your Taxonomy – Part 7
This is the next piece in our series of blog posts on search and how it works. Next let’s look at an inverted file index, let’s pretend that this is the outline of the presentation. I have Define Key Terminology, Thesaurus Tools, Functions, Features, Class, Construction of the Thesaurus etc in the figure below. You can see that the word “Thesaurus” is used three times here. I have a number of other words that you might focus on to see where they are. If I am going to take these and make them into an inverted file, the simple inverted file index is just going to take them and make them into an alphabetic list. So it will sort the high ASCII characters first – the special characters and the numbers – and then it will sort the rest of them alphabetically.
Read MoreDelay in Deadline Causing Anxiety
There is a lot being said about the surprising decision by the Department of Health and Human Services to extend the existing Oct. 10, 2013, ICD-10 implementation deadline. Many worry this will stop the process altogether and they have already invested in the process, both in time and money. Some may be happy as it will give them more time to tackle this large and overwhelming project. It is just those type of differences that is also causing suspicion for some. They are hypothesizing about the real cause and worries about ulterior motives can start to surface.
Read MoreThe Advances of Search
New developments in semantic search are popping up every day. This intelligence approach to finding what you want online quickly and easily has potentially huge implications for ecommerce.
Read MoreTime to Shine
Many have wondered if they should wait and see what the decision is for a new ICD-10 transition. However a true leader in healthcare won’t limit their objectives to just meeting a deadline, but concentrate on improving the process of clinical documentation and quality of care.
Read MoreSemantic Conference in London
Come September, the Semantic Tech & Business Conference will be held in London. This is an opportunity to be a part of a large conference series on semantic technology & business for enterprise computing professionals.
Read MoreNew Partnership Gives Users Access to Historical Images
EBSCO Publishing has announced their new partnership with Bridgeman Education. This new joint effort will allow images from Bridgeman Education’s extensive collection to be searched within EBSCO Discovery Service (EDS).
Read More1940 Census Available Digitally
Archives.com and the National Archives have worked together and set up a site where the 1940 census will be made available digitally and free of charge beginning April 2. This ends a 72-year wait for the records.
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