Open Net – What a site!

I was doing some poking around to find out about OpenNet (which the Department of State uses), and I came across a DOE implementation of it (they apparently helped invent it.) Clicking the author link works really well! The site is clean and crisp. Very professional looking.

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IU Health Preparing for Transition

To prepare for the ICD-10 and ANSI 5010 regulations, Indiana University Health (IU Health) Bloomington and Paoli Hospital are looking to McKesson’s Horizon Patient Folder electronic documentation management system to make the transition.

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Semantic Technology in Play on Facebook

You would have to live under a rock if you haven’t heard one person, let alone dozens, complain about the recent changes on Facebook. You would think someone changed a critical part of their life…oh wait, I guess they did.

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Business Intelligence Comes in Many Forms

Business intelligence (BI) has proved valuable for providing insights to companies, allowing them to make better business decisions. It isn’t a new concept; BI has been around for many years. But with the changes and advancements in technology, more and more organizations are looking to the BI trends for direction.

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ICD-10 Conversion Deadline Looming

With right at a year left on the deadline, 85% of respondents to a recent American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA) survey indicated they had begun work on ICD-10 planning and implementation. This is up from 62% reported a year ago and 55% from a similar survey done in April 2010.

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New Social Business Index Gauges Success

Dachis Group’s new Social Business Index (SBI) measures the success of initiatives across over 26,000 brands from over 20,000 companies and over 100 million social accounts worldwide. The Index was built on top of Dachis Group’s Social Business Intelligence Insight Platform and analyzes the effectiveness of strategies and tactics organizations employ to engage the market through social channels. Using natural language processing, semantic analysis, and machine learning algorithms, Dachis Group has built a machine learning engine.

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