Findability in the Cloud

Technology and budgets aren’t always friends. IT has a long history of budget overruns due to changing expectations and goals, and poor cost projections. InfoWorld brought this topic to our attention in their article, “Why many enterprises waste money in the cloud.” Many in IT don’t understand budgeting or how to predict what things will cost.…

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Findability in the Cloud

“The cloud” refers to servers that are accessed over the Internet and the software and databases that run on those servers. Cloud servers are located in data centers all over the world. This interesting topic came to us from Foley & Lardner LLP in their article, “Digital Transformation: The Cloud Is More Than a Location.” Just as…

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Digital and Data-Driven Strategies

Digital analytics provides insights about user navigation and behavior across company digital assets. These insights enable data-driven strategies to help users find the information they need when they need it. Tech Target brought this interesting information to us in their article, “How IT departments enable analytics operations.” When a company employs a data-driven approach, it means…

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Real World Benefits from Virtual Reality

The metaverse is still very new and mostly misunderstood. To some it is nothing more than a buzzword for the Internet combined with some virtual reality. This interesting topic came to us from American City and Country in their article, “Report: Governments stand to benefit from ‘metaverse’ and its associated technologies.” In the broadest terms,…

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Improving Utilization Management with Artificial Intelligence

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning are more frequently being utilized as operational necessities for addressing healthcare’s more systemic challenges. This interesting news came to us from AIThority in their article, “How AI and Machine Learning Can Transform Utilization Management.” Many clinical applications already leverage integrated AI capabilities. Unfortunately, utilization management has not yet evolved.…

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Are Sustainability and Technology Opposites?

As more consumers demand products and services that do less damage to the environment, companies are adding sustainability to their core operating principles. Adopting sustainable business practices can put a business on the path to long-lasting success. Tech Talks brought this interesting topic to our attention in their article, “Structuring your business plan around emerging…

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Access Innovations at the 85th Annual ASIS&T Meeting

The 85th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is scheduled for October 29 – November 1, 2022. This year’s theme is Crisis, Transition, Resilience: Re-Imagining an Information-Resilient Society. The ASIS&T Annual Meeting is a forum to assist in conceptualizing, developing and implementing solutions for a future information environment that not only reacts…

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Predictive Analytics and Emerging Tech

Predictive analytics is making strides in healthcare, predicting and optimizing healthcare outcomes. Machine Learning Times brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Wise Practitioner – Predictive Analytics Interview Series: David Talby, PhD of John Snow Labs.” Predictive analytics has been applied to accelerating clinical trials, predicting disease progression, providing clinical decision support, analyzing…

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Machine Learning Assists in Medical Documentation

Documentation requirements in the world of technology have many healthcare providers feeling overwhelmed and burned out. When you consider that on average, primary care physicians spend more than half of their 11.4-hour workdays on data entry, it is easy to understand why, and this was before COVID-19. Healthcare Finance brought this interesting news to our attention…

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Making Science Data Accessible and Findable

Large amounts of data are generated in chemistry labs, both digitally and non-digitally. They are often reported in ways non-accessible to both humans and machines. Nature brought this interesting information to us in their article, “Making the collective knowledge of chemistry open and machine actionable.” The authors of this particular article argue that a modular…

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