One blogger compared the impending ICD-10 coding classification transition to the movie, The Perfect Storm. As challenging as the process is, I don’t know that it will be as tragic and dramatic as that. It will, however, be one of the most important milestones in healthcare technology.
There are still some people out there who think the Internet is just a fad and will go by the way of 8-track tapes and bomb shelters. The number of these skeptics is decreasing, but I can say (proudly or not) that I know and am related to one in particular. My sister, the teacher, believes technology is causing the demise of our children and their education. Now, I won’t go that far. She is on the verge of creating her own version of “The Village.”
Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Services (NKOS) recently reported that ISO 25964-1, the new international standard for thesauri and interoperability, has recently been published and supersedes the well-worn ISO 2788 and ISO 5964. We learned of this in the press release titled, “New international thesaurus standard published.” found on the NKOS site.
Health Language, Inc has launched a new version of its provider friendly terminology (PFT) to include clinician friendly synonyms and more than 100,000 attributes for ICD-10-CM.
A London teenager has designed a new iPhone app which summarizes the content of web pages. This entrepreneurial pubescent created Summly while studying for exams and using Google for research. In an effort to make the process more efficient and informative, Summly provides a content summary of search results with a quick snapshot of the most relevant information relating to a story.
A new website has been launched that provides an easy way for students or professionals to locate a college program. Collegeseekr uses natural language processing, or semantic technology, as a friendly approach to empower users.
Cook Memorial Library in La Grande, Oregon are gaining two new databases of interest to family history researchers and genealogists — HeritageQuest Online available from home or office with a library card, and Ancestry Library Edition, available only in the library.
The Ikastea project has been launched. A product of iSOCO, this new endeavor offers technological solutions to facilitate access to information. By centralizing the large flow of information and educational resources available in a single site and segmenting content according to the target audience, the portal makes findability a reality.
Kodak recently announced that South Africa-based mining group, Exxaro, has purchased some of their products, specifically the Scan Station 500 network scanners and Capture Pro Software Auto Import Edition software, to enhance their strategic electronic document management system (EDMS).