Melody Smith

New Pairing Prepares for ICD-10 Transition

By Melody Smith | January 13, 2012

T-System, Inc. has acquired Practice Management Associates who specialized in providing coding and billing services for emergency departments.

Document Management Services Extended to the Everyday Consumer

By Melody Smith | January 13, 2012

PaperErasers, Inc. is known for their online document management and scanning services. They are now offering a new service of advance paper management solutions to their customers, new and old.

Another Approach to Deal with Big Data

By Melody Smith | January 13, 2012

Attivio has released Active Intelligence Engine (AIE) Extreme (XT) Modules for big data. Another product designed to provide customers with greater access and insight into the massive amounts of data produced by organizations.

Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing

By Melody Smith | January 12, 2012

I know I can’t be alone in the amount of spam email I get daily. In fact, I probably receive a lower amount than most. It is amazing that I actually find my real mail, mail I actually want to read, in the middle of all the junk. Then there are the spams that cloak their selves in pretend reality. They are like the fake checks that come in snail mail that are actually offers of credit or some other promotion.

ICD-10 Training Available

By Melody Smith | January 12, 2012

With the October 2013 deadline looming for the ICD-10 coding classification transition, it should be no surprise that training is kicking into high speed. ICD-10 Coders Academy & ICD-10 Connect have jointly developed a “Hybrid Training Model,” a combination of ICD-10 Online & Onsite training.

Fun Use for Semantic Technology

By Melody Smith | January 12, 2012

A new and entertaining use of semantic technology, Nanocrowd, is an app for the iPad that helps you find a new movie to watch. However, rather than collect your viewing history and evaluations of previous flicks, Nanocrowd starts with one movie and learns what it is about that film that you find interesting and then seeks to find films with similar attributes. This kind of sounds like a dating service for movie buffs.

Business Intelligence Software Aids in Compliance

By Melody Smith | January 11, 2012

With the many and varied health IT initiatives in progress or around the bend, healthcare organizations fight a tough battle just keeping up. Business intelligence software might be the solution.

What is the Cloud?

By Melody Smith | January 11, 2012

Early Internet communications were based on telephone long-distance switches, which became ports allowing computers to connect with modems. Remember Compuserve? They were one of the pioneers in indexing the huge amounts of data that were generated in the early information superhighway, that was really more like a county road at the time compared to the data created and transmitted today.

Eighth Annual Data Harmony Users Group to Focus on Leveraging Users’ Investment in Knowledge Management Software Suite

By Melody Smith | January 10, 2012 |

The Eighth Annual Data Harmony® Users Group (DHUG) meeting, scheduled Feb. 7-9, 2012 in Albuquerque, New Mexico will focus on helping users get the most from their investment in the knowledge management software suite, which helps users organize information resources based on a well-built and systematically applied taxonomy or thesaurus.