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
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?
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.
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
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.
Don’t Just Jump In
Enterprise content management (ECM) is not a cookie cutter product. What works in one organization may not work in another. There are factors that can help guide content management implementation and keep the system functional.
New Search Engine More than Another Google
Another new search engine? Yes that is doubt you read in my words. It seems there are new ones popping up all the time lately, and it is not like there is a real need out there, i.e. Google, Bing, etc. However, the latest contender was developed by Massimo Marchiori, who also created HyperSearch. The new product, Volunia, will be available in 12 languages when it does launch, but the creator promises it to be different in many ways, and not just another Google.
The Fear of Technology
It is a fear people have had from the beginning of the technology boom. Actually, it probably started at the beginning of the industrial revolution. People fear that workers will be replaced by machinery and technology. Now, one professor is predicting that rapid advancement in technology will, within a couple of years, eliminate the need for some workers and leave the traditional workplace looking for different.
The Challenge of Medical Coding
Atlantic Health Solutions plans to improve their radiology practices revenue cycle procedures. This comes at a time when reimbursements are at an all time low and concerns that it won’t improve with the ICD-10 coding transition looming on the horizon.
Gift Giving Idea
Still looking for that perfect gift for the historian or librarian in your life? How about a mobile scanner? This fun and useful product from Flip runs on four AA batteries and has a 2 GB SD memory card installed. The appearance is deceptive with only a 6.5x10 flatbed scanner, but it runs well and the quality of the images stood up to various forms of testing, according to one writer.