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Taxonomies to the Rescue
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) continues and day-to-day operations are changing for many healthcare providers. For example, hospitals must now shift their patient records systems to electronic medical records, which introduces additional challenges during an already stressful time. This interesting and relevant news was found on ebizQ in their article, “Taxonomy Aids Navigation of Turbulent Healthcare Environment.”
Read MoreData Analyst Sought
As we strive to be as helpful as possible to those in the fields of taxonomy, indexing, ontology, etc., we are always excited to share career opportunities that we find with our readers. Even if you aren’t in the market for a career move, it is always good to stay on top of what is available and how the fields are evolving.
Read MoreNew Partnership Focusing on Analytics
Actuate Corporation has announced their cooperation with Bitext, who provides text analytics engines. Sequentially, Bitext recently announced a partnership with Salesforce.com. All this camaraderie is combining tools and talents to produce solutions unavailable in a solo state.
Read MoreStandards Come with Experience
Foxtel has selected Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery to provide metadata management to support its pay TV services on both broadcast and IPTV platforms.
Read MoreData? What data?
We often speak of the massive volume of data that exists and is being created each and every moment of the day. However, if you narrowed it on just a portion of that data, you would find there is a large variety of data out there. Forbes brought this information to us in their article, “Big Data Variety Means That Metadata Matters.”
Read MoreSearch and Semantic Technology
Expert System has announced an innovative semantic solution for Wolters Kluwer Italy by integrating Expert System’s Cogito. This collaboration improves access and findability of information on their online portal. MarketWatch brought us this information in their article, “Expert System Develops Semantic Search Engine for Wolters Kluwer Italy.”
Read MoreRecruitment Utilizing Semantic Technology
TargetRecruit recently announced a new integration with Monster’s SeeMore platform. The result will be a more robust recruitment software and one would think, an increase in effectiveness. PRWeb brought this news to us in their article, “TargetRecruit Integrates with Monster’s Semantic Search and Workforce Analytics Recruitment Platform to Provide Advanced Search and Talent Mapping Features.
Read MoreFree Trial Offer for Find-A-Code
Find-A-Code is offering a free 7-day trail of its newest coding tool called Code-A-Note. Code-A-Note utilizes concept extractor software that analyzes the volumes of information contained in an electronic medical record’s (EMR) text fields and provides the professional coder with highly relevant ICD-9, CPT, and HCPCS coding suggestions. Find-A-Code’s digital coding libraries then apply additional filters and data resources to the selected codes including a claim scrubbing feature. With the pending implementation of ICD-10 in October of 2014, Code-A-Note will offer its users unique documentation training opportunities as well as a coding tool. Code-A-Note was designed to decrease the amount of time that medical coders spend reading a patient’s encounter note. The software analyzes the note in its entirety to produce relevant codes.
Read MoreEmotions Categorized
Researchers are producing a behavioral catalog which would be emotionally helpful for patients and assist doctors in being more compassionate while dealing with them. The catalog will guide medical training and education by breaking down the discourse and analyzing the context. This interesting information came from News Tonight Africa in their article, “Researchers Hope to Create a Behavioral Taxonomy to Guide Medical Training.”
Read MoreThe Popularity of Data
Depending on your entertainment and news choices, the assumption of what was most talked about in 2013 may differ from this list. HITC Lifestyle brought us this interesting example of metadata in their article, “Beyond selfies and twerking … the words that really mattered in 2013.” Big data, metadata, surveillance, and Obamacare are just a few of the terms that one author considered worthy. Unlike artisanal, using these terms does not automatically increase the price of the product.
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