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.

Semantic Technology in Health Information Services

By |December 21st, 2011|News, semantic, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Semantic Technology in Health Information Services

The semantic web is being used to compete with internet health sites in helping users manage their health. Healthline is one of many websites people turn to for health information. It isn’t the largest, when compared to WebMD and others, but it does set itself apart by focusing on a semantic taxonomy.

NogaLogic Version 3.8 Released

By |December 21st, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on NogaLogic Version 3.8 Released

Nogacom has released the 3.8 version of its NogaLogic data classification system. This new release offers users an easy and automatic solution to identify their sensitive data.

Taxonomies Promote Collaboration

By |December 21st, 2011|News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Taxonomies Promote Collaboration

It is very common these days to see yet another new SaaS start-up. These new software companies seem to always focus on how the product looks and less on how it can help encourage collaboration.

ICD-10 Creates Job Growth

By |December 20th, 2011|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on ICD-10 Creates Job Growth

The New Year has promise of bringing health IT-related jobs to the market. With the advance of technology in general and the need for workers with expertise in ICD-10, demand will exceed the supply of talent.

New Joint Effort Offers Semantic Search

By |December 20th, 2011|News, search, semantic|Comments Off on New Joint Effort Offers Semantic Search

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and Publishing Technology have joined efforts to create a digital platform to host all of the organization’s published authoritative content online.

What Will the Next Year Bring in Technology?

By |December 20th, 2011|News, semantic|Comments Off on What Will the Next Year Bring in Technology?

As we near the end of another year, many professionals are making predictions about the coming year and recapping the highlights of the previous year. Among the ten technology and business trends that will affect businesses and consumers alike in the coming year, one writer predicts a more semantic web.

Authors at a Place – Part IV of VI

By |December 19th, 2011|Access Insights, Featured, Taxonomy|Comments Off on Authors at a Place – Part IV of VI

Continuing with our series on semantic integration, let's discuss Authors. You can take a list of authors by place. Identifying marks or spots represent clusters of people who have published on a particular topical area. You take the author, their subject profile, and then attach to their address, the latitude and longitude of that address, and you can put them on a map. These kinds of match-ups are pretty cool.

Three Challenges Healthcare Providers Are Facing

By |December 19th, 2011|Autoindexing, indexing, News|Comments Off on Three Challenges Healthcare Providers Are Facing

ICD-10 has almost become a dirty word for healthcare providers. In an recent interview, Kevin Weinstein, MBA, vice president of revenue cycle management technology company ZirMed, discussed three challenges facing physicians in regards to ICD-10 implementation.

Attivio Powering New Platform for Life Sciences

By |December 19th, 2011|indexing, News|Comments Off on Attivio Powering New Platform for Life Sciences

Attivio has been selected by Relay Technology Management to power a new platform that addresses the urgent need for stakeholders to capture, access, compare and track comprehensive scientific, clinical, transactional, and business information.